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ReviewBMC medicine2017

Genetics of vascular dementia - review from the ICVD working group.

M Arfan Ikram, Anna Bersano, Raquel Manso-Calderón, Jian-Ping Jia, Helena Schmidt, Lefkos Middleton, Benedetta Nacmias, Saima Siddiqi, Hieab H H Adams

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In one paragraph

Review in BMC medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.0field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A genome-wide association meta-analysis of all-cause and vascular dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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  3. Enlarged Perivascular Spaces and Dementia: A Systematic Review.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2019
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  7. Polygenic score integrating neurodegenerative and vascular risk informs dementia risk stratification.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  9. Dementia and mortality in older adults: A twin study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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  18. Cognitive aspects of MELAS and CARASAL.Cerebral circulation - cognition and behavior · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 8 institutions in 7 countries.

M Arfan IkramDepartment of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. m.a.ikram@erasmusmc.nl.
Anna BersanoCerebrovascular Unit IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute C. Besta, Milan, Italy.
Raquel Manso-CalderónDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Jian-Ping JiaDepartment of Neurology, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Helena SchmidtDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Lefkos MiddletonNeuroepidemiology and Ageing Research Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Benedetta NacmiasDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Saima SiddiqiIBGE, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Hieab H H AdamsDepartment of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Erasmus MC · NLErasmus University Rotterdam · NLImperial College London · GBInstitute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering · PKInstituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca · ESMedical University of Graz · ATUniversity of Florence · ITXuan Wu Hospital of the Capital Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVascular dementia is a common disorder resulting in considerable morbidity and mortality. Determining the extent to which genes play a role in disease susceptibility and their pathophysiological mechanisms could improve our understanding of vascular dementia, leading to a potential translation of this knowledge to clinical practice. DISCUSSION: In this review, we discuss what is currently known about the genetics of vascular dementia. The identification of causal genes remains limited to monogenic forms of the disease, with findings for sporadic vascular dementia being less robust. However, progress in genetic research on associated phenotypes, such as cerebral small vessel disease, Alzheimer's disease, and stroke, have the potential to inform on the genetics of vascular dementia. We conclude by providing an overview of future developments in the field and how such work could impact patients and clinicians.

conclusionThe genetic background of vascular dementia is well established for monogenic disorders, but remains relatively obscure for the sporadic form. More work is needed for providing robust findings that might eventually lead to clinical translation.

Indexed as

Apolipoproteins EAryldialkylphosphataseDementiaDementia, VascularDisease ProgressionHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingPolymorphism, GeneticApolipoproteins EAryldialkylphosphataseCerebral small vessel diseaseGeneticsMagnetic resonance imagingVascular dementia

Identifiers

PMID28260527
PMCPMC5338082
OpenAlexW2589542349

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