White matter microstructural damage in small vessel disease is associated with montreal cognitive assessment but not with mini mental state examination performances: vascular mild cognitive impairment Tuscany study

Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) has been proposed as a screening tool in vascular cognitive impairment. Diffusion tensor imaging is sensitive to white matter microstructural damage. We investigated if diffusion tensor imaging-derived indices are more strongly associated with performances on MoCA or on the widely used mini mental state examination in patients with mild cognitive impairment and small vessel disease