Silva CR, Cardoso F, Camacho RJ, Martínez MJF, Calderón OM, Fernández RMF

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ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the relationship between cortical changes and the results of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.
Materials and Methods: A single-center, observational, transversal, cohort study was conducted from March 2022 to June 2023 in the Radiology department at Zone General Hospital 20 in Puebla, Mexico, including patients aged 50 to 90 years who underwent the Montreal test prior to the tomographic study, where the Evans index, cranial-brain distance and interhemispheric width were measured. The results were expressed with descriptive statistics, Spearman’s correlation coefficient, and significance value of 0.05.
Results: One hundred six patients were studied, consisting of 50 men and 56 women, with an average age of 66.5 ± 11 years; 72 presented normal cognitive function, 28 had mild cognitive impairment and 6 had dementia. The Spearman correlation coefficient obtained between cognitive function and the Evans index was: r = 0.597; for the cranial-brain distance: r = 0.443 and for the interhemispheric width: r = 0.551
Conclusions: There is a low to moderate positive relationship between the Montreal Cognitive Assessment results and tomographic index of cortical atrophy.

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