Anticholinergic burden score

There are 8 papers on anticholinergic burden score in aging research: 7 observational studies in people.

Biomarker

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“ACB total score correlated with MMSE (rho=-0.13) and with total number of medications (rho=0.52).”
Anticholinergic burden and polypharmacy in patients referred from primary care to tertiary dementia centers in BrazilDementia & neuropsychologia2025doi:10.1590/1980-5764-dn-2024-0246
  • Humans7

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Total number of medications

upin humans1

1 study
  1. Anticholinergic burden score is associated with total number of medications in humans (rho=0.52).

    “ACB total score correlated with MMSE (rho=-0.13) and with total number of medications (rho=0.52).”

    HumansIndividuals with suspected dementia referred from primary care to tertiary dementia clinics in Brazil57.8% womensn = 921

    Anticholinergic burden and polypharmacy in patients referred from primary care to tertiary dementia centers in Brazil

    Dementia & neuropsychologia

Mini-Mental State Examination score

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1 study
  1. Anticholinergic burden score is associated with mini-Mental State Examination score in humans (rho=-0.13).

    “ACB total score correlated with MMSE (rho=-0.13) and with total number of medications (rho=0.52).”

    HumansIndividuals with suspected dementia referred from primary care to tertiary dementia clinics in Brazil57.8% womensn = 921

    Anticholinergic burden and polypharmacy in patients referred from primary care to tertiary dementia centers in Brazil

    Dementia & neuropsychologia

Potentially inappropriate medications

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  1. Potentially inappropriate medications are associated with anticholinergic burden score in humans.

    “There was a higher anticholinergic burden score in patients presenting with PIMs.”

    Humans

    Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications and anticholinergic burden according to 2019 Beers Criteria and 2015 STOPP version 2 criteria in older adults at hospital admission in Mexico: an observational retrospective study

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