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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2024

Metabolites and Cognitive Decline in a Puerto Rican Cohort.

Scott Gordon, Jong Soo Lee, Tammy M Scott, Shilpa Bhupathiraju, Jose Ordovas, Rachel S Kelly, Katherine L Tucker, Natalia Palacios

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Metabolites and MRI-derived markers of dementia risk in a Puerto Rican cohort.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Scott GordonDepartment of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.
Jong Soo LeeDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.
Tammy M ScottFriedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
Shilpa BhupathirajuDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Jose OrdovasJean Mayer USDA Human Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
Rachel S KellyChanning Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Katherine L TuckerCenter for Population Health, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.
Natalia PalaciosCenter for Population Health, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.

Funding

STATISTICSP50HL105185 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL · PI ORDOVAS, JOSE M. · 2010 to 2015
$10.4M
Center for Research/Nutrition &Health among the ElderlyP01AG023394 · NIA · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI TUCKER, KATHERINE L · 2003 to 2007
$8.1M
Dietary Quality, Cognitive Decline and Brain Health in Puerto Rican AdultsR01AG055948 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL · PI TUCKER, KATHERINE L · 2017 to 2021
$4.2M
Microbiome Multi-Omics and Cognitive Decline in LatinosRF1AG075922 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL · PI PALACIOS, NATALIA, TUCKER, KATHERINE L · 2023 to 2023
$2.0M
Multi-Omic Endotyping of AsthmaK01HL146980 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KELLY, RACHEL SABINE · 2019 to 2023
$891k
Metabolomics and Type 2 Diabetes in a Cohort of Older Puerto RicansK01DK107804 · NIDDK · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI BHUPATHIRAJU, SHILPA NANDANA · 2016 to 2019
$594k
NHLBI NIH HHS K01 HL146980NHLBI NIH HHS P50 HL105185NIA NIH HHS P01 AG023394NIA NIH HHS R01 AG055948NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG075922NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK107804
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Recent studies have identified plasma metabolites associated with cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease; however, little research on this topic has been conducted in Latinos, especially Puerto Ricans. Objective: This study aims to add to the growing body of metabolomics research in Latinos to better understand and improve the health of this population. Methods: We assessed the association between plasma metabolites and global cognition over 12 years of follow-up in 736 participants of the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study (BPRHS). Metabolites were measured with untargeted metabolomic profiling (Metabolon, Inc) at baseline. We used covariable adjusted linear mixed models (LMM) with a metabolite * time interaction term to identify metabolites (of 621 measured) associated with ∼12 years cognitive trajectory. Results: We observed strong inverse associations between medium-chain fatty acids, caproic acid, and the dicarboxylic acids, azelaic and sebacic acid, and global cognition. N-formylphenylalanine, a tyrosine pathway metabolite, was associated with improvement in cognitive trajectory. Conclusions: The metabolites identified in this study are generally consistent with prior literature and highlight a role medium chain fatty acid and tyrosine metabolism in cognitive decline.

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Cognitive DysfunctionHispanic or LatinoMetabolomicsAgedCohort StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPuerto RicoAlzheimer’s diseasecognitive declineLatinosmetabolomicsPuerto rican

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PMID38578885
PMCPMC11344883

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