Variable Details

Available Studies

ROS, MAP, MARS, Clinical Core, LATC

Scaled? 

Not Scaled

Variable Type 

Cross-Sectional

Variable Name 

cogdx

Categories

Clinical Diagnosis

Final consensus cognitive diagnosis
Clinical consensus diagnosis of cognitive status at time of death

Physician's overall cognitive diagnostic category

At the time of death, all available clinical data were reviewed by a neurologist with expertise in dementia, and a summary diagnostic opinion was rendered regarding the most likely clinical diagnosis at the time of death. Summary diagnoses were made blinded to all postmortem data. Case conferences including one or more neurologists and a neuropsychologist were used for consensus on selected cases.

ValueCoding
1NCI: No cognitive impairment (No impaired domains)
2MCI: Mild cognitive impairment (One impaired domain) and NO other cause of CI
3MCI: Mild cognitive impairment (One impaired domain) AND another cause of CI
4AD: Alzheimer's dementia and NO other cause of CI (NINCDS PROB AD)
5AD: Alzheimer's dementia AND another cause of CI (NINCDS POSS AD)
6Other dementia: Other primary cause of dementia

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