Koran Mary Ellen I, Wagener Madison, Hohman Timothy J
Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer's Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1207 17th Ave S, Suite 204F, Nashville, TN, 37212, USA.
Brain Imaging Behav. 2017 Feb;11(1):205-213. doi: 10.1007/s11682-016-9523-8.
Women are disproportionately affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD) in terms of both disease prevalence and severity. Previous autopsy work has suggested that, in the presence of AD neuropathology, females are more susceptible to the clinical manifestation of AD. This manuscript extends that work by evaluating whether sex alters the established associations between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker levels and brain aging outcomes (hippocampal volume, cognition). Participants were drawn from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) and included individuals with normal cognition (n = 348), mild cognitive impairment (n = 565), and AD (n = 185). We leveraged mixed effects regression models to assess the interaction between sex and baseline cerebrospinal fluid biomarker levels of amyloid-β42 (Aβ-42) and total tau on cross-sectional and longitudinal brain aging outcomes. We found a significant interaction between sex and Aβ-42 on longitudinal hippocampal atrophy (p = 0.002), and longitudinal decline in memory (p = 0.017) and executive function (p = 0.025). Similarly, we observed an interaction between sex and total tau level on longitudinal hippocampal atrophy (p = 0.008), and longitudinal decline in executive function (p = 0.034). Women with Aβ-42 and total tau levels indicative of worse pathological changes showed more rapid hippocampal atrophy and cognitive decline. The sex difference was particularly pronounced among individuals with MCI, with lower education, and varied by APOE ε4 allele. These results suggest females may be more susceptible to the clinical manifestation of AD.
在阿尔茨海默病(AD)的患病率和严重程度方面,女性受到的影响尤为严重。以往的尸检研究表明,在存在AD神经病理学特征的情况下,女性更容易出现AD的临床表现。本论文通过评估性别是否会改变脑脊液(CSF)生物标志物水平与脑老化结果(海马体积、认知)之间已确立的关联,对上述研究进行了拓展。研究参与者来自阿尔茨海默病神经影像学倡议(ADNI),包括认知正常者(n = 348)、轻度认知障碍者(n = 565)和AD患者(n = 185)。我们利用混合效应回归模型,评估性别与淀粉样β蛋白42(Aβ - 42)和总tau蛋白的基线脑脊液生物标志物水平在横断面和纵向脑老化结果上的相互作用。我们发现,性别与Aβ - 42在纵向海马萎缩(p = 0.002)、记忆纵向衰退(p = 0.017)和执行功能纵向衰退(p = 0.025)方面存在显著的相互作用。同样,我们观察到性别与总tau蛋白水平在纵向海马萎缩(p = 0.008)和执行功能纵向衰退(p = 0.034)方面存在相互作用。Aβ - 42和总tau蛋白水平表明病理变化更严重的女性,海马萎缩和认知衰退更快。这种性别差异在轻度认知障碍患者、受教育程度较低的个体中尤为明显,并且因APOE ε4等位基因而异。这些结果表明,女性可能更容易出现AD的临床表现。