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Anxiety symptoms are highly prevalent in elders with mild cognitive disorders, but little is known about the associations of specific anxiety disorders to mild cognitive disorders.

To identify the clinical and subclinical anxiety disorders associated with cognitive impairment no dementia (CIND) and to determine whether these associations differ depending on sex and concomitant depressive episodes.

Participants constituted a random sample (n = 2414) of community‐dwelling adults aged 65–96 years. The following clinical and subclinical DSM‐IV anxiety disorders were identified with a semi‐structured interview: specific phobia, social phobia, agoraphobia, panic disorder, obsessive–compulsive, and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Major depressive episodes or minor depression (MDE/MD) were also determined based on the DSM‐IV criteria. CIND cases were defined based …