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Prior to death, participants were observed for a mean (SD) of 8.4 (5.3) years with annual assessments. From 2096 participants who died, 1799 (85.8%) underwent autopsy and 1767 had complete postmortem pathological examination data at the time of data analyses. To identify participants without neurodegenerative pathologies, we categorized them in 3 subgroups. A vascular subgroup was composed of participants without significant levels of neurodegenerative brain pathologies. A neurodegenerative subgroup was composed of participants without significant levels of cerebrovascular disease pathologies. A mixed subgroup was composed of the rest of the participants. Data were analyzed from May 2021 to July 2022.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposures<\/jats:title>Brain pathology indices obtained by postmortem pathological assessments.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>The primary outcome was cognitive impairment defined by presence of mild cognitive impairment or dementia. The secondary outcome was cognition assessed by 19 neuropsychological tests.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Of 1767 included participants, 1189 (67.3%) were women, and the mean (SD) age at death was 89.4 (6.6) years. In the vascular subgroup (n\u2009=\u2009369), cognitive impairment was present in 156 participants (42.3%) and was associated with cerebrovascular disease pathologies (macroinfarcts: odds ratio [OR], 2.05; 95% CI, 1.49-2.82; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001; arteriolosclerosis in basal ganglia: OR, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.04-1.76; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.03) but not AD or other neurodegenerative pathologies, an indication of pure VCI. In mixed-effects models including all the pathologies, only macroinfarcts were associated with a faster cognitive decline rate (estimate, \u22120.019; SE, 0.005; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001) in the vascular subgroup. 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