BIOFACE study
BIOFACE is a two-year study of cognition and biomarkers in participants with early onset mild cognitive impairment (EOMCI) from Barcelona, Spain. The cohort included 97 patients aged under 65 years with a diagnosis of EOMCI who were recruited from a memory clinic in 2018 and 2019. Of the participants, 59.8% were female and the mean age at symptom onset was 57 years. Participants completed extensive neurological and neuropsychological assessments at baseline, 1 year, and 2 years after baseline.
Study design
Cohort - clinical, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
97 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≤ 65 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2018
Primary Institutions
Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona (Fundació ACE)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Carlos III Health Institute (Instituto de Salud Carlos III, ISCIII)
Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
