The association between slow-wave sleep and choroid plexus calcifications in older adults. Results from the sleep disorders substudy of the Atahualpa Project cohort.
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Abstract
Objective
It has been suggested that choroid plexus calcifications (CPC) may be associated with glymphatic system dysfunction and with disturbed slow-wave (N3) sleep. If this is the case, volumetric analysis of CPC could be used to estimate the functional ability of the glymphatic system. However, data on this association is limited. This study aims to assess the association between percentages of N3 sleep – used as a putative marker of glymphatic system activity – and the volume of CPC in older adults.
Patients and methods
Community-dwelling individuals aged ≥60 years enrolled in the Atahualpa Project Cohort received head CTs (for automated determinations of CPC volume) and a single-night polysomnography (PSG) for quantification of N3 sleep percentages. Multivariate linear regression and non-parametric models were fitted to assess the association between these variables.
Results
A total of 125 older adults (median age: 65 years; 32 % males) were included. The mean percentage of N3 sleep was 12.4±9.1 %, and the mean volume of CPC was 655±345.3 µL. Non-parametric locally weighted scatterplot smoothing showed that the volume of CPC increased as the percentage of N3 sleep increased, but only when N3 sleep is reduced (up to 12 % of total sleep time). The significance disappeared when PSG parameters were included in the model as well as in participants with normal N3 sleep percentages.
Conclusions
Study results suggest that in the presence of severe reductions in N3 sleep, increased CPC volume may be a manifestation of choroid plexus compensation or adaptation, and not necessarily dysfunction.
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