Plasma NfL is associated with mild cognitive decline in patients with diabetes.
Noriko MarutaniShoshin AkamineDaisuke KanayamaShiho GotohKanta YanagidaRiki MaruyamaChristian HaassTesshin MiyamotoHiroyoshi AdachiYukako SakagamiKenji YoshiyamaMaki HottaAki NagaseJunji KozawaNorikazu MaedaMichio OtsukiTakaaki MatsuokaHiromi IwahashiIichiro ShimomuraNorihito MurayamaHiroshi WatanabeManabu IkedaIchiro MizutaTakashi KudoPublished in: Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society (2022)
Plasma NfL levels were correlated with mild cognitive decline which is detected by the RBMT but not the MMSE in patients with type 2 diabetes. This suggests that plasma NfL levels may provide a valuable clinical tool for identifying mild cognitive decline in patients with diabetes.