Older adults with Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register... (MS) show a higher prevalence and severity of cognitive impairment — particularly affecting information processing speed and memory — than younger patients, a new study reports.
However, age was not directly associated with cognitive impairment, the results showed. Instead, greater disability emerged as the main predictor of such problems in older MS patients.
The researchers noted that having higher education or occupational attainment acted as a protective factor for older people with the neurodegenerative disease.
“Taken together, these findings indicate that the cognitive differences observed between age groups … may largely reflect the cumulative impact of disease-related factors rather than ageing itself. This reinforces the interpretation that lifelong disease burden, rather than chronological age, is the primary driver of cognitive decline in older [people with] MS,” the researchers wrote.
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However, age was not directly associated with cognitive impairment, the results showed. Instead, greater disability emerged as the main predictor of such problems in older MS patients.
The researchers noted that having higher education or occupational attainment acted as a protective factor for older people with the neurodegenerative disease.
“Taken together, these findings indicate that the cognitive differences observed between age groups … may largely reflect the cumulative impact of disease-related factors rather than ageing itself. This reinforces the interpretation that lifelong disease burden, rather than chronological age, is the primary driver of cognitive decline in older [people with] MS,” the researchers wrote.
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