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Prevalence and risk factors for brain white matter changes in young and middle-aged participants with Brain Dock (brain screening): a registry database study and literature review.

Tomohiro Yamasaki, Fusao Ikawa, Toshikazu Hidaka, Masashi Kuwabara, Shingo Matsuda, Iori Ozono, Masaaki Chiku, Naoyuki Kitamura, Tomoaki Hamano, Masahiro Akishita and 3 more

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Article in Aging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Tomohiro YamasakiPostgraduate Clinical Training Center, Shimane University Hospital, Shimane, Japan.
Fusao IkawaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Shimane, Japan.
Toshikazu HidakaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Shimane, Japan.
Masashi KuwabaraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Shimane, Japan.
Shingo MatsudaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Shimane, Japan.
Iori OzonoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Shimane, Japan.
Masaaki ChikuDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical Check Studio Tokyo Ginza Clinic, Tokyo, Japan.
Naoyuki KitamuraDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Kasumi Clinic, Hiroshima, Japan.
Tomoaki HamanoSmartScan, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
Masahiro AkishitaDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Shuhei YamaguchiHospital Bureau of Shimane Prefecture, Shimane, Japan.
Hidekazu TomimotoDepartment of Neurology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan.
Michiyasu SuzukiDepartment of Advanced ThermoNeuroBiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital · JPHiroshima University · JPMie University · JPShimane Prefectural Police · JPThe University of Tokyo · JPYamaguchi University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors for brain white matter changes in normal young and middle-aged participants who underwent Brain Dock (brain screening). We analyzed 5,000 consecutive healthy participants from the Brain Dock registry between August to December 2018. Age, sex, body mass index (BMI), medical history, deep subcortical white matter high intensity (DSWMH), periventricular high intensity (PVH), and enlargement of perivascular space (EPVS) were investigated in relation to age. The prevalence of DSWMH, PVH, and EPVS were 35.3%, 14.0%, and 17.8%, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression analyses for brain white matter changes were conducted. The significant risk factors in participants aged < 50 years were: age (OR:1.09, 95% CI:1.07-1.12), the female sex (1.29, 1.03-1.60), BMI obesity (1.86, 1.12-3.08), and hypertension (1.67, 1.18-2.35) for DSWMH; age (1.08, 1.04-1.13) and the female sex (1.56, 1.03-2.36) for PVH; and age (1.07, 1.05-1.10) and the female sex (0.77, 0.60-1.00) for EPVS. In conclusion, age was consistently identified as a significant risk factor in young and middle-aged participants. Some risk factors for brain white matter changes were identified even in young and middle-aged participants in this study. Further longitudinal studies should be done in the future.

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PMID33820872
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