Julie E Oomens, Karly A Cody, Lianlian Du, Erin M Jonaitis, Rachel L Studer, Nathaniel A Chin, Sebastian Köhler, Pieter Jelle Visser, Stephanie J B Vos, Rebecca E Langhough, Willemijn J Jansen, Sterling C Johnson
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Abstract
Introduction: We investigated whether a composite measure of late-midlife lifestyle was associated with (1) longitudinal brain changes and (2) cognitive changes when adjusting for these brain changes.
Methods: We used linear mixed models to examine whether the LIfestyle for BRAin Health (LIBRA) index was associated with changes in tau, white matter hyperintensity, neurodegeneration, and cognition and whether changes were similar in amyloid positive (A+; > 17 Centiloids) and negative participants.
Results: We included 324 individuals from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention (39% apolipoprotein E [APOE] 4 carrier, 30% A+, prior baseline age 67 [50-75]). The LIBRA index was not associated with biomarker trajectories or the primary cognitive composite outcome trajectory. There were inconsistent effects on secondary domain-specific cognitive trajectories. In contrast, tau and neurodegeneration were strongly associated with cognitive trajectories.
Discussion: In the age-range and disease-range studied, lifestyle did not exhibit a meaningful effect on Alzheimer's disease or vascular biomarker accumulation and was not consistently associated with cognitive trajectories.
Highlights: In this age-range, the LIfestyle for BRAin Health (LIBRA) index was not associated with biomarker trajectories.The LIBRA index was not consistently associated with cognitive trajectories.Effects of lifestyle, if any, may take more time to manifest.
期刊介绍:
Alzheimer''s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring (DADM) is an open access, peer-reviewed, journal from the Alzheimer''s Association® that will publish new research that reports the discovery, development and validation of instruments, technologies, algorithms, and innovative processes. Papers will cover a range of topics interested in the early and accurate detection of individuals with memory complaints and/or among asymptomatic individuals at elevated risk for various forms of memory disorders. The expectation for published papers will be to translate fundamental knowledge about the neurobiology of the disease into practical reports that describe both the conceptual and methodological aspects of the submitted scientific inquiry. Published topics will explore the development of biomarkers, surrogate markers, and conceptual/methodological challenges. Publication priority will be given to papers that 1) describe putative surrogate markers that accurately track disease progression, 2) biomarkers that fulfill international regulatory requirements, 3) reports from large, well-characterized population-based cohorts that comprise the heterogeneity and diversity of asymptomatic individuals and 4) algorithmic development that considers multi-marker arrays (e.g., integrated-omics, genetics, biofluids, imaging, etc.) and advanced computational analytics and technologies.