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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Sex-specific blood biomarkers linked to memory changes in middle-aged adults: The Framingham Heart Study.

Huitong Ding, Chunyu Liu, Yi Li, Ting Fang Alvin Ang, Sherral Devine, Yulin Liu, Rhoda Au, P Murali Doraiswamy

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Article in Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Huitong DingDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Boston Massachusetts USA.
Chunyu LiuFramingham Heart Study Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Boston Massachusetts USA.
Yi LiDepartment of Biostatistics Boston University School of Public Health Boston Massachusetts USA.
Ting Fang Alvin AngDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Boston Massachusetts USA.
Sherral DevineDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Boston Massachusetts USA.
Yulin LiuDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Boston Massachusetts USA.
Rhoda AuDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Boston Massachusetts USA.
P Murali DoraiswamyNeurocognitive Disorders Program Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine and the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences Duke University School of Medicine Durham North Carolina USA.
Boston University · USDuke University · US

Funding

TBDU19AG068753 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI Lindsay A. Farrer · 2020 to 2026
$42.4M
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DEMENTIA IN THE FRAMINGHAM STUDYR01AG008122 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI AU, RHODA, SESHADRI, SUDHA · 1989 to 2015
$14.4M
MRI, Genetics &Cognitive Precursors of AD &DementiaR01AG016495 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI AU, RHODA · 1999 to 2016
$12.5M
Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number and Sequence Variation in Relation to Age, Alzheimer's Disease Related Phenotypes and Age-related Metabolic TraitsR01AG059727 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI LIU, CHUNYU, SATIZABAL, CLAUDIA L · 2018 to 2021
$2.6M
Cognitive Heterogeneity in those with high Alzheimer's Disease RiskRF1AG062109 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI AU, RHODA · 2020 to 2021
$1.8M
Cognitive heterogeneity in those with high Alzheimer's Disease RiskR01AG062109 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI Rhoda Au, Vijaya B. Kolachalama · 2025 to 2026
$1.6M
Cognitive heterogeneity in those with high Alzheimer's Disease RiskR56AG062109 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI AU, RHODA · 2018 to 2018
$517k
NHLBI NIH HHS HHSN268201500001CNHLBI NIH HHS HHSN268201500001INIA NIH HHS R01 AG008122NIA NIH HHS R01 AG016495NIA NIH HHS R01 AG059727NIA NIH HHS R01 AG062109NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG062109NIA NIH HHS U19 AG068753
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The relationship between sex-specific blood biomarkers and memory changes in middle-aged adults remains unclear. We aimed to investigate this relationship using the data from the Framingham Heart Study (FHS). We conducted association analysis, partial correlation analysis, and causal dose-response curves using blood biomarkers and other data from 793 middle-aged participants (≤ 60 years) from the FHS Offspring Cohort. The results revealed associations of adiponectin and fasting blood glucose with midlife memory change, along with a U-shaped relationship of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol with memory change. No significant associations were found for the other blood biomarkers (e.g., amyloid beta protein 42) with memory change. To our knowledge, this is the first sex-specific network analysis of blood biomarkers related to midlife memory change in a prospective cohort study. Our findings highlight the importance of targeting cardiometabolic risks and the need to validate midlife-specific biomarkers that can accelerate the development of primary preventive strategies.

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associationblood biomarkersmemory declinemiddle‐aged adultssex difference

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