pre-MCI

Pre-mild cognitive impairment. A term of art referring to cognitive impairment that is too mild to detect by standard testing. Pre-MCI may be identified by revised diagnostic criteria that include nonamnestic deficits with progression.

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(3) Studies also have suggested that SCI may be a pre-MCI stage of subsequent dementia.

Subjective cognitive impairment: when to be concerned about 'senior moments': thorough evaluation can differentiate benign memory problems from dementia

Two referees pointed out that our results might overstate the impact of the MCI because NZ also had more periods of statistically significant negative coefficients than Australia during the pre-MCI period, and that it is this higher incidence that really needs explaining.

The unintended consequences of using an MCI as an operational monetary policy target in New Zealand: suggestive evidence from rolling regressions

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