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Williams JW, Plassman BL, Burke J, et al. Preventing Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Decline. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2010 Apr. (Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments, No. 193.)
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- 3MS
Modified Mini-Mental State Examination
- AA
Arachidonic acid
- AACD
Aging-associated cognitive decline
- AAMI
Age-associated memory impairment
- ABI
Ankle-brachial index
- ACE
Angiotensin 1 converting enzyme
- ACTIVE
Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly trial
- AD
Alzheimer’s disease
- ADAPT
Alzheimer’s Disease Anti-inflammatory Prevention Trial
- ADAS-Cog
Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale
- ADEPT
Adult Development and Enrichment Project;
- ADL(s)
Activities of daily living
- AHRQ
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- aMCI
Amnestic mild cognitive impairment
- ApoE
Apolipoprotein E protein
- APOE
Apolipoprotein E gene
- APOE e4
Epsilon 4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene
- APP
Amyloid precursor protein
- ARIC
Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study
- ASA
Acetylsalicylate (aspirin)
- AVLT
Auditory Verbal Learning Test
- BDI
Beck Depression Inventory
- BMI
Body mass index
- BNT
Boston Naming Test
- BP
Blood pressure
- BSRT
Babcock Story Recall Test
- BVRT
Benton Visual Retention Test
- CAD
Coronary artery disease
- CASI
Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument
- CDR
Clinical Dementia Rating
- CDR-SB
Clinical Dementia Rating-sum of boxes
- CEE
Conjugated equine estrogen
- CERAD
Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease
- CES-D
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale
- CHD
Coronary heart disease
- CHF
Congestive heart failure
- CI
Confidence interval
- CIND
Cognitive impairment not demented
- CNS
Central nervous system
- COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- COWA
Controlled Oral Word Association test
- CRP
C-reactive protein
- CSI-D
Community Screening Interview for Dementia
- CVA
Cerebrovascular accident
- CVD
Cardiovascular disease
- CVLT
California Verbal Learning Test
- DBP
Diastolic blood pressure
- DCT
Digit Cancellation Test
- DHA
Docosahexaenoic acid
- DHEA
Dehydroepiandosterone
- DHP-CCB
Dihydropyridine-calcium channel blockers;
- DM
Diabetes mellitus
- DSM
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- DSST
Digit Symbol Substitution Test
- DWR
Delayed word recall
- EPA
Eicosapentaenoic acid
- EPC
Evidence-based Practice Center
- FTT
Finger Tapping Test
- GDS
Geriatric Depression Scale
- GEE
Generalized estimated equations
- GRADE
Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation
- GWAS
Genome-wide association studies
- HDL
High density lipoprotein
- HDL-C
High density lipoprotein cholesterol
- HDRS
Hamilton Depression Rating Scale
- HDDS
Hasegawa Dementia Screening Scale
- HFFQ
Harvard Food Frequency Questionnaire
- HMG-CoA
3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A
- HMO
Health maintenance organization
- HR
Hazard ratio
- HRT
Hormone replacement therapy
- HTN
Hypertension
- IADL
Instrumental activities of daily living
- IL-1B
Interleukin-1beta
- IL-6
Interleukin-6
- IQ
Intelligence quotient
- JNC VII
Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
- LDL
Low density lipoprotein
- MAC
Memory assessment clinics
- MCD
Mild cognitive disorder
- MCI
Mild cognitive impairment
- MDD
Major depressive disorder
- MeSH
Medical Subject Heading
- MI
Myocardial infarction
- MMSE
Mini-Mental State Examination
- MNC
Mild neurocognitive disorder
- MPA
Medroxyprogesterone acetate
- mTICS
modified Telephone interview for cognitive status
- MUFA(s)
Monounsaturated fatty acid
- NCEP-ATPIII
National Cholesterol Education Program 3rd Adult Treatment Panel Guideline
- NIH
National Institutes of Health
- NIMH
National Institutes of Mental Health
- NINCDS-ADRDA
National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke-Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association
- NS
Not statistically significant
- NSAID(s)
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug(s)
- NYU
New York University
- OMAR
Office of Medical Applications of Research
- OR
Odds ratio
- PMA
Primary Mental Abilities
- PUFA(s)
Polyunsaturated fatty acid(s)
- PVD
Peripheral vascular disease
- RCT
Randomized controlled trial
- RERI
Relative excess risk from interaction
- RR
Relative risk
- RVLT
Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test
- SBP
Systolic blood pressure
- SCOPE
Study on Cognition and Prognosis in the Elderly
- SD
Standard deviation
- SDMT
Symbol Digit Modalities Test
- SE
Standard error
- SERM
Selective estrogen receptor modulator
- SES
Socioeconomic status
- SF-36
Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey
- SFA(s)
Saturated fatty acid(s)
- SHEP
Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program
- SNP
Single-nucleotide polymorphism
- SPMSQ
Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire
- STAI
State Trait Anxiety Inventory
- Syst-Eur
Systolic Hypertension in Europe trial
- TBI
Traumatic brain injury
- TEP
Technical expert panel
- TFAM
Transcription factor A, mitochondrial
- TIA
Transient ischemic attack
- TICS
Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status
- TICS-m
Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (modified version)
- TNK1
Tyrosine kinase, non-receptor 1
- Trails A/B
Trail Making Test Part A/B
- Trails B
Trail Making Test Part B
- VA
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
- VAD
Vascular Alzheimer’s disease
- VRT
Visual Reproduction Test (immediate and delayed recall) from the Wechsler Memory Scale
- WAIS
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
- WAIS-R
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised
- WF
Word Fluency Test
- WMD
Weighted mean difference
- WMS
Wechsler Memory Scale
- WMS-R
Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised
- Acronyms and Abbreviations - Preventing Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Declin...Acronyms and Abbreviations - Preventing Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Decline
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