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It included 48 patients with iNPH who were treated with cerebrospinal fluid shunting between January 2015 and December 2017 at Osaka Medical College Hospital, with follow-up evaluation of their cognitive function for &amp;gt;2 years. Cognitive function was measured using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) preoperatively and at 3 months, 1 and 2 years post-operatively. The mean MMSE score (22.4 \u00b1 5.4 preoperatively) improved at 3 months [23.8 \u00b1 5.0 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.0002)] and 1 year [23.7 \u00b1 4.8 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.004)] post-operatively. At 2 years post-operatively, they were able to maintain their preoperative level (22.6 \u00b1 5.3). The patients were classified in to the cognitive decline group [11 (23%) patients; a decrease in the MMSE score by \u2265 2 points 2 years after surgery] and the maintenance\/improvement group [37 (77%) patients]. Univariate and receiver operating characteristic analyses were performed for the two groups to identify factors associated with cognitive prognosis. In both groups, the patients who were younger (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.009) or had milder symptoms (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.035) had a better long-term prognosis of cognitive function. The cutoffs for age and disease severity (idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus grading scale; INPHGS) were 78 years (area under the curve = 0.77) and 5 points (area under the curve = 0.71), respectively. In conclusion, most patients (77%) were able to improve and maintain cognitive function for at least 2 years after surgery. 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