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Observational studyAging clinical and experimental research2022

Association between frailty index based on routine laboratory tests and risk of cerebral small vessel disease in elderly patients: a hospital-based observational study.

Miaomiao Dou, Yan Cen, Jie Zhong, Guilin Chen, Qian Wei, Yanying Zeng, Xiaowei Lu

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Miaomiao Dou *Department of Geriatrics and Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Guangzhou Road 300#, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Yan Cen *Department of Geriatrics and Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Guangzhou Road 300#, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Jie Zhong *School of Foreign Languages, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, China.
Guilin ChenDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Qian WeiDepartment of Geriatrics and Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Guangzhou Road 300#, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Yanying ZengDepartment of Geriatrics and Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Guangzhou Road 300#, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Xiaowei LuDepartment of Geriatrics and Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Guangzhou Road 300#, Nanjing, 210029, China. njluxiaowei@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1148-9588
Jiangsu Province Hospital · CNNanjing University of Finance and Economics · CN

Funding

Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 81771286
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe association between frailty and cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) remains controversial due to the use of different methods to assess frailty, including physical frailty phenotype and frailty scores containing measures of cognition. A frailty index based on laboratory tests (FI-Lab), which assesses frailty by the combination of routine laboratory measures and several vital signs, is independent of cognition and function status. We aimed to evaluate the association of FI-Lab with CSVD.

methodsAn observational study was carried out in a hospitalized cohort of older patients with minor ischemic stroke or TIA. The FI-Lab was constructed by 20 routine laboratory tests, plus systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and pulse pressure. Manifestations of CSVD including white matter hyperintensity (WMH), silent lacunar infarcts, microbleed, enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS), as well as deep brain atrophy, were measured on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). An ordinal score system constructed by WMH, EPVS, silent lacunar infarcts, and microbleed was used to reflect the total burden of CSVD. The associations between FI-lab and CSVD were examined by logistic regression analysis and ordinal regression.

resultsA total of 398 patients were recruited from January 2016 to December 2018. The mean FI-Lab value was 0.26 ± 0.11. The prevalence of extensive periventricular WMH, extensive deep WMH, extensive basal ganglia EPVS, extensive centrum semiovale EPVS, silent lacunar infarcts, and deep microbleed was 26.1, 66.6, 68.6, 80.7, 32.9, and 6.5%, respectively. A higher FI-Lab value was associated with increased risks of extensive deep WMH (OR = 1.622; 95% CI, 1.253 ~ 2.100), extensive basal ganglia EPVS (OR = 1.535; 95% CI, 1.187 ~ 1.985), extensive centrum semiovale EPVS (OR = 1.584; 95% CI, 1.167 ~ 2.151), silent lacunar infarcts (OR = 1.273; 95% CI, 1.007 ~ 1.608), and higher total burden of CSVD. These associations remained after the adjustment of potential confounding factors.

conclusionThis study demonstrated that a higher FI-Lab score might be associated with the presence of WMH, EPVS, silent lacunar infarcts, as well as severe total CSVD burden in older patients with minor stroke or TIA. The FI-Lab provides a basis for the prediction of CSVD.

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Cerebral Small Vessel DiseasesFrailtyIschemic Attack, TransientStroke, LacunarCerebral HemorrhageHospitalsHumansCerebral small-vessel diseaseElderlyFrailty indexLaboratory tests

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