Neuropsychiatric predictors of conversion to dementia both in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment and those with subcortical vascular MCI

Our results suggest that depression might serve as a predictive marker of conversion to dementia in patients with svMCI, albeit only in males. On the other hand, patients who later improved to normal cognition showed higher scores of depression at baseline in female aMCI patients, suggesting that longer follow-ups are warranted in female patients with aMCI and depression.