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Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, Vol 51, Issue 4 M179-M184, Copyright © 1996 by The Gerontological Society of America

MULTICENTER STUDY

Application of a growth curve approach to modeling the progression of Alzheimer's disease

Y Stern, X Liu, M Albert, J Brandt, DM Jacobs, C Del Castillo-Castaneda, K Marder, K Bell, M Sano, F Bylsma, G Lafleche and WY Tsai
Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA.

BACKGROUND. Studies using clinical measures to track AD progression often assume linear declines over the entire course of the disease, which may not be justified. The objective of this study was to model change in measures of the clinical severity of Alzheimer's disease (AD) over time. METHODS. We developed a method to apply growth curve models to prospective data and characterize AD patients' functional change over time. Data from the modified Mini-Mental State Examination (mMMSE) and measures of basic and instrumental ADL, administered semiannually for up to 5 years to 236 patients with probable AD, were modeled. RESULTS. The rate of decline in mMMS scores per 6-month interval gradually increased as scores dropped from the maximum of 57 to 20. The rate of decline then decreased as scores approached 0, resulting in an inverse "S" curve. The rate of increase in instrumental ADL scores per interval attenuated as the scores increased, while that for basic ADL scores across intervals was constant. CONCLUSIONS. Differences in the pattern of progression of the three measures is in part a function of their psychometric properties. The progression curves may also reflect content-specific features of the instruments. Superimposition of the modeled decline in these three content areas suggests a hypothetical model of the relative timing of cognitive and functional changes in AD.


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