Men who forget birthdays and anniversaries can now look to a new study for the perfect excuse. Research has indicated that the instance of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is higher was men than women.
Mild cognitive impairment is a condition in which people have problems with memory or thinking beyond that explained by the normal rate of aging.
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The study found that MCI was 1.5 times higher in men compared to women. MCI often leads to Alzheimer's disease.
"This is the first study conducted among community-dwelling persons to find a higher prevalence of MCI in men," said study author Dr. Ronald Petersen, with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
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"If these results are confirmed in other studies, it may suggest that factors related to gender play a role in the disease. For example, men may experience cognitive decline earlier in life but more gradually, whereas women may transition from normal memory directly to dementia at a later age but more quickly," he added.
For the study, 2,050 people between the ages of 70 to 89 in Olmstead County, Minn. were interviewed about their memory and their medical history and tested on their memory and thinking skills.
The study found that nearly 14 percent of participants had mild cognitive impairment, about 10 percent had dementia and 76 percent of those tested had normal memory and thinking skills.
A total of 19 percent of men had mild cognitive impairment, compared to 14 percent of women.
"Our results, showing combined rates of MCI and dementia at 22 percent highlight the public health impact these conditions have and the importance of finding treatments for them," said Petersen.
People in the study who had a low level of education or were never married also had a higher rate of MCI.
The research is published in the latest print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Source: ANI
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"If these results are confirmed in other studies, it may suggest that factors related to gender play a role in the disease. For example, men may experience cognitive decline earlier in life but more gradually, whereas women may transition from normal memory directly to dementia at a later age but more quickly," he added.
For the study, 2,050 people between the ages of 70 to 89 in Olmstead County, Minn. were interviewed about their memory and their medical history and tested on their memory and thinking skills.
The study found that nearly 14 percent of participants had mild cognitive impairment, about 10 percent had dementia and 76 percent of those tested had normal memory and thinking skills.
A total of 19 percent of men had mild cognitive impairment, compared to 14 percent of women.
"Our results, showing combined rates of MCI and dementia at 22 percent highlight the public health impact these conditions have and the importance of finding treatments for them," said Petersen.
People in the study who had a low level of education or were never married also had a higher rate of MCI.
The research is published in the latest print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Source: ANI
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