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ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2016

Vascular Health and Genetic Risk Affect Mild Cognitive Impairment Status and 4-Year Stability: Evidence From the Victoria Longitudinal Study.

Correne A DeCarlo, Stuart W S MacDonald, David Vergote, Jack Jhamandas, David Westaway, Roger A Dixon

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Article in The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Correne A DeCarloDepartment of Psychology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. decarloc@uvic.ca.
Stuart W S MacDonaldDepartment of Psychology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
David VergoteCampus St. Jean.
Jack JhamandasDepartment of Medicine (Neurology).
David WestawayNeuroscience and Mental Health Institute.
Roger A DixonNeuroscience and Mental Health Institute.
University of Alberta · CAUniversity of Victoria · CA

Funding

LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF COGNITIVE AGINGR01AG008235 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA · PI DIXON, ROGER A · 1989 to 2017
$2.3M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG008235
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesMild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a high-risk condition for progression to Alzheimer's disease (AD). Vascular health is a key mechanism underlying age-related cognitive decline and neurodegeneration. AD-related genetic risk factors may be associated with preclinical cognitive status changes. We examine independent and cross-domain interactive effects of vascular and genetic markers for predicting MCI status and stability.

methodWe used cross-sectional and 2-wave longitudinal data from the Victoria Longitudinal Study, including indicators of vascular health (e.g., reported vascular diseases, measured lung capacity and pulse rate) and genetic risk factors-that is, apolipoprotein E (APOE; rs429358 and rs7412; the presence vs absence of ε4) and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT; rs4680; met/met vs val/val). We examined associations with objectively classified (a) cognitive status at baseline (not impaired congnitive (NIC) controls vs MCI) and (b) stability or transition of cognitive status across a 4-year interval (stable NIC-NIC vs chronic MCI-MCI or transitional NIC-MCI).

resultsUsing logistic regression, indicators of vascular health, both independently and interactively with APOE ε4, were associated with risk of MCI at baseline and/or associated with MCI conversion or MCI stability over the retest interval. DISCUSSION: Several vascular health markers of aging predict MCI risk. Interactively, APOE ε4 may intensify the vascular health risk for MCI.

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Cognitive DysfunctionAgedAged, 80 and overAgingApolipoprotein E4BiomarkersCardiovascular DiseasesCatechol O-MethyltransferaseCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHeart RateHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleTotal Lung CapacityVictoriaApolipoprotein E4BiomarkersCatechol O-MethyltransferaseCOMT protein, humanAPOECOMTMild cognitive impairmentVascular healthVictoria Longitudinal Study

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PMCPMC5067948
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