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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2025

Distinct medical and substance use histories associate with cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease.

Clayton Mansel, Diego R Mazzotti, Ryan Townley, Mihaela E Sardiu, Russell H Swerdlow, Robyn A Honea, Olivia J Veatch

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7 authors.

Clayton ManselDepartment of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0135-7576
Diego R MazzottiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Informatics, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
Ryan TownleyAlzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Fairway, Kansas, USA.
Mihaela E SardiuDepartment of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
Russell H SwerdlowAlzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Fairway, Kansas, USA.
Robyn A HoneaAlzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Fairway, Kansas, USA.
Olivia J VeatchDepartment of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.

Funding

Alzheimer's Disease Genetics ConsortiumU01AG032984 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SCHELLENBERG, GERARD DAVID · 2009 to 2024
$60.4M
National Alzheimer's Coordinating CenterU24AG072122 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI STEPHENS, KARI A · 2021 to 2025
$45.8M
Research Education ComponentP30AG062422 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Katherine P Rankin · 2019 to 2026
$36.9M
Research Education ComponentP30AG062421 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Christine S Ritchie · 2019 to 2026
$36.5M
UCSD Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center P30P30AG062429 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DOUGLAS R GALASKO · 2019 to 2026
$34.9M
Research Education ComponentP30AG062677 · NIA · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI KEJAL KANTARCI · 2019 to 2026
$33.5M
Yale Alzheimer Disease Research CenterP30AG066508 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI STEPHEN M STRITTMATTER · 2020 to 2026
$30.2M
Research Education CoreP30AG066462 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PHILIP L DE JAGER · 2020 to 2026
$30.1M
Research Education ComponentP30AG066468 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI C. Elizabeth Shaaban · 2020 to 2026
$29.4M
Research Education ComponentP30AG066507 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Corinne Pettigrew · 2020 to 2026
$29.3M
University of Washington Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterP30AG066509 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Amanda D. Boyd · 2020 to 2026
$29.0M
The Goizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterP30AG066511 · NIA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI ALLAN I LEVEY · 2020 to 2026
$29.0M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPhenotype clustering reduces patient heterogeneity and could be useful when designing precision clinical trials. We hypothesized that the onset of early cognitive decline in patients would exhibit variance predicated on the clinical history documented prior to an Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis.

methodsSelf-reported medical and substance use history (i.e., problem history) was used to cluster participants from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) into distinct subtypes. Linear mixed effects modeling was used to determine the effect of problem history subtype on cognitive decline over 2 years.

resultsTwo thousand seven hundred fifty-four individuals were partitioned into three subtypes: minimal (n = 1380), substance use (n = 1038), and cardiovascular (n = 336). The cardiovascular problem history subtype had significantly worse cognitive decline over a 2 year follow-up period (p = 0.013). DISCUSSION: Our study highlights the need to account for problem history to reduce heterogeneity of outcomes in AD clinical trials. HIGHLIGHTS: Clinical data were used to identify subtypes of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center dataset. Three problem history subtypes were found: minimal, substance use, and cardiovascular. The mean change in Clinical Dementia Rating Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) was assessed over a 2 year follow-up. The cardiovascular subtype was associated with the worst cognitive decline. The magnitude of change in CDR-SB was similar to recent AD clinical trials.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCardiovascular DiseasesCognitive DysfunctionSubstance-Related DisordersAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleNeuropsychological TestsAlzheimer's diseasecardiovascular diseaseClinical Dementia Ratingcognitive declineNational Alzheimer's Coordinating Centerphenotype clusteringsubstance use

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PMCPMC11923574

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