ArticleNeurology2016
Impaired renal function is associated with brain atrophy and poststroke cognitive decline.
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- Biological and imaging predictors of cognitive impairment after stroke: a systematic review.Journal of neurology · 2019Pooled it
- Neuro-Renal Crosstalk Across the Chronic Kidney Disease Spectrum: Stage-Dependent Molecular Mechanisms of Cognitive Impairment-An Integrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Serum Creatinine Clearance and Cognitive Function in Older Adults: Mediating Effects of Systemic Inflammatory Response Index.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Crosstalk of kidney and brain in diabetes-related cognitive impairment and therapeutic strategies.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
- Associations between renal function, hippocampal volume, and cognitive impairment in 544 outpatients.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Association of impaired kidney function with dementia and brain pathologies: A community-based cohort study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2023Article
- Cognitive and vascular function in older adults with and without CKD.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Diabetes, Albuminuria and the Kidney-Brain Axis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- High Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Is Associated With Worse Cognitive Performance in the Hypertensive Population: Results From the China H-Type Hypertension Registry Study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Article
- The Contribution of Kidney Disease to Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.Current diabetes reports · 2020Review
- Evaluation of the Accuracy of Standard Renal Function Equations in Critically Ill Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.Neurocritical care · 2020Observational
- The assessment of cognitive function in older adult patients with chronic kidney disease: an integrative review.Journal of nephrology · 2019Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the interrelationship among impaired renal function, brain pathology on imaging, and cognitive decline in a longitudinal poststroke cohort.
methodsThe Tel Aviv Brain Acute Stroke Cohort study is a prospective cohort of mild-moderate ischemic stroke/TIA survivors without dementia who underwent a 3T MRI and were cognitively assessed at admission and for 24 months following stroke. Renal function was evaluated at admission by creatinine clearance (CCl) estimation. The volumes of ischemic lesions and preexisting white matter hyperintensities (WMH), brain atrophy, and microstructural changes of the normal-appearing white matter tissue were measured using previously validated methods.
resultsBaseline data were available for 431 participants. Participants with a CCl <60 mL/min at baseline performed significantly worse in all cognitive tests over time (p = 0.001) than those with a CCl ≥60 mL/min and had larger WMH volume and cortical atrophy and smaller hippocampal volume (all p < 0.001). After 2 years, 15.5% of the participants were diagnosed with cognitive impairment. Multiple logistic regression analysis, controlling for traditional risk factors, suggested CCl <60 mL/min at baseline as a significant predictor for the development of cognitive impairment 2 years after the index stroke (odds ratio 2.01 [95% confidence interval 1.03-3.92], p = 0.041).
conclusionsImpaired renal function is associated with increased WMH volume and cortical atrophy, known biomarkers of the aging brain, and is a predictor for cognitive decline 2 years after stroke/TIA. Decreased renal function may be associated with cerebral small vessel disease underlying poststroke cognitive decline, suggesting a new target for early intervention.
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