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objective cognitive performance in              it is possible to classify individuals
                      neuropsychological tests.                       in preclinical stages of AD into
                   •  Not all cognitive complaints have               three groups: non-SCI, SCI and SCI
                      the same specific weight when                   -Plus. This last group is considered
                      differentiating between cognitively             the one with the highest risk of
                      healthy people and patients with                conversion based on a series of
                      Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).                evidence-based parameters. Our
                      More specifically, complaints                   results support the clinical interest
                      related to forgetting recent                    of the classification proposed by
                      events, with things that we must                the International Working Group:
                      remember in the future or with                  SCI -Plus has a 4 times higher risk
                      the ability to manage ourselves                 of developing MCI in just one year
                      effectively on a day-to-day basis,              compared to non- SCI. Although
                      allow us to differentiate between               there are no significant differences
                      those two groups.                               between non- SCI and SCI, there
                                                                      is a higher conversion rate in SCI.
                   •  Using the criteria of the                       Perhaps the one-year follow-up
                      International SCI Working Group,                is not enough to show greater
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