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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2023

Clinical and cognitive correlates tractography analysis in patients with white matter hyperintensity of vascular origin.

Qinmei Kuang, Muhua Huang, Yumeng Lei, Lin Wu, Chen Jin, Jiankun Dai, Fuqing Zhou

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Qinmei KuangDepartment of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Muhua HuangDepartment of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Yumeng LeiDepartment of Radiology, Nanchang First Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Lin WuDepartment of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Chen JinDepartment of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Jiankun DaiGE Healthcare, MR Research China, Beijing, China.
Fuqing ZhouDepartment of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.

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Purpose: White matter hyperintensity lesions (WMHL) in the brain are a consequence of cerebral small vessel disease and microstructural damage. Patients with WMHL have diverse clinical features, and hypertension, advanced age, obesity, and cognitive decline are often observed. However, whether these clinical features are linked to interrupted structural connectivity in the brain requires further investigation. This study therefore explores the white matter pathways associated with WMHL, with the objective of identifying neural correlates for clinical features in patients with WMHL. Methods: Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and several clinical features (MoCA scores, hypertension scores, body mass index (BMI), duration of hypertension, total white matter lesion loads, and education.) highly related to WMHL were obtained in 16 patients with WMHL and 20 health controls. We used diffusion MRI connectometry to explore the relationship between clinical features and specific white matter tracts using DSI software. Results: The results showed that the anterior splenium of the corpus callosum, the inferior longitudinal fasciculus, the anterior corpus callosum and the middle cerebellar peduncle were significantly correlated with hypertension scores (false discovery rate (FDR) = 0.044). The anterior splenium of the corpus callosum, the left thalamoparietal tract, the inferior longitudinal fasciculus, and the left cerebellar were significantly correlated with MoCA scores (FDR = 0.016). The anterior splenium of corpus callosum, inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, cingulum fasciculus, and fornix/fimbria were significantly correlated with body mass index (FDR = 0.001). Conclusion: Our findings show that hypertension score, MoCA score, and BMI are important clinical features in patients with WMHL, hypertension degree and higher BMI are associated with whiter matter local disconnection in patients with WMHL, and may contribute to understanding the cognitive impairments observed in patients with WMHL.

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body mass indexcognitiondiffusion magnetic resonance imaginghypertensiontractographywhite matter hyperintensity

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PMCPMC10311635

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