ArticleNeuroepidemiology2019
Antiphospholipid Antibodies: Cognitive and Motor Decline, Neuroimaging and Neuropathology.
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- Cognitive dysfunction and associated neuroimaging biomarkers in antiphospholipid syndrome: a systematic review.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2021Pooled it
- Neurovascular Issues in Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Arterial Vasculopathy from Small to Large Vessels in a Neuroradiological Perspective.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Antiphospholipid Syndrome-A Narrative Review.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Combined brain/heart magnetic resonance imaging in antiphospholipid syndrome-two sides of the same coin.Clinical rheumatology · 2021Review
- Entangling COVID-19 associated thrombosis into a secondary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome: Diagnostic and therapeutic perspectives (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2020Review
- Management of Non-criteria Manifestations in Antiphospholipid Syndrome.Current rheumatology reports · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundFew data are available on associations of antiphospholipid (aPL) antibodies with cognitive and motor decline in aging, and cerebrovascular disease on in vivo neuroimaging and postmortem neuropathology.
methodsThis longitudinal, clinical-pathologic study (aPL antibodies, brain infarcts, and cognitive and motor decline in aging), was derived from 2 ongoing community-based cohort studies. A panel of 3 aPL antibodies was assayed in serum from 956 older individuals (mean age = 81.1 years; 72% women). Serum was also tested in a subset for markers of inflammation (C-reactive protein [CRP]) and blood-brain barrier breakdown (matrix metalloproteinases, MMPs). Annual clinical evaluations documented cognitive (17 neuropsychological tests) and motor function including parkinsonism. Cerebrovascular disease data were derived from in vivo neuroimaging and postmortem neuropathologic evaluations (699 individuals). We examined associations of aPL with cognitive and motor decline, other serum markers, neuroimaging, and neuropathology.
resultsOf 956 individuals, 197 (20.6%) had aPL positivity, defined as positivity on any of the assays, at the time of first measurement. During a mean follow-up of 6.6 years (SD 4), overall aPL positivity was not associated with change in global cognition (estimate = -0.005, SE 0.011; p = 0.622) or parkinsonian signs (estimate = -0.003, SE 0.017; p = 0.860). aPL were not associated with serum CRP or MMPs (both p > 0.268). aPL were not associated with in vivo brain magnetic resonance imaging white matter hyperintensities or infarcts (both p > 0.376). Among those autopsied, aPL were not associated with pathologically confirmed brain infarcts, or cerebral atherosclerosis or arteriolosclerosis (all p≥ 0.447).
conclusionsIn older individuals followed longitudinally, aPL do not relate to cognitive or motor decline, inflammation, or cerebrovascular disease on in vivo neuroimaging or postmortem neuropathology.
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