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The relationships between risk scores, cognitive function, and task-based fMRI brain activity were analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Risk factor score was negatively correlated with multiple cognitive performances, including the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) immediate recall and delayed recall, digit span forward and backward, and Boston Naming Test (BNT). Task-based fMRI whole-brain and region-of-interest (ROI) analyses revealed a positive correlation between risk factor score and brain activity in default mode network (DMN) during the retrieval phase.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Risk factors can abnormally increase brain activity in DMN. 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