TY - JOUR
T1 - Baseline white matter microstructural integrity is not related to cognitive decline after 5years
T2 - The RUN DMC study
AU - van Uden, Inge W.M.
AU - van der Holst, Helena M.
AU - Schaapsmeerders, P.
AU - Tuladhar, Anil M.
AU - van Norden, Anouk G.W.
AU - de Laat, Karlijn F.
AU - Norris, D.G.
AU - Claassen, J.A.H.R.
AU - van Dijk, E.J.
AU - Richard, E.
AU - Kessels, R.P.C.
AU - de Leeuw, F.-E.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - Objectives: Traditional markers of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) are related to cognition and cognitive decline, but this relation isweak. Therefore other factors may determine the transition from intact cognitive performance to cognitive decline, such as the damage of the cerebralwhite matter at the microstructural level. Little is known about the association between microstructural integrity of thewhite matter and changes in cognition. In this study we investigated the relation between baseline microstructural integrity and change in cognitive function. Methods: 503 participants of the RUN DMC study with SVD without dementia, 398 of whom (79.1%) underwent repeated cognitive testing at follow-up, with amean follow-up time of 5.4 years (± SD 0.2), and among others FLAIR MRI and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). At baseline Mean Diffusivity (MD) and mean Fractional Anisotropy (FA) were measured in both whitematter hyperintensities (WMH) and normal appearing white matter (NAWM). A linear regression analysiswas performed assessing the association between baseline diffusion parameters and decline in cognitive domains. Results: An inverse association was found between baselineMD in the NAWMand decline in Cognitive Index (ß= 0.17; p = 0.035), adjusted for age, sex, education, presence of depressive symptoms at baseline, normalized TBV, lacunes andWMH volume. However, no significant associations were found between diffusion parameters and decline in any cognitive domain after Bonferroni correction. Conclusions: In contrast to cross-sectional studies, in older adults with SVD microstructural integrity of the white matter as assessed with DTI is not related to decline in global cognitive function or any other subdomain.
AB - Objectives: Traditional markers of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) are related to cognition and cognitive decline, but this relation isweak. Therefore other factors may determine the transition from intact cognitive performance to cognitive decline, such as the damage of the cerebralwhite matter at the microstructural level. Little is known about the association between microstructural integrity of thewhite matter and changes in cognition. In this study we investigated the relation between baseline microstructural integrity and change in cognitive function. Methods: 503 participants of the RUN DMC study with SVD without dementia, 398 of whom (79.1%) underwent repeated cognitive testing at follow-up, with amean follow-up time of 5.4 years (± SD 0.2), and among others FLAIR MRI and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). At baseline Mean Diffusivity (MD) and mean Fractional Anisotropy (FA) were measured in both whitematter hyperintensities (WMH) and normal appearing white matter (NAWM). A linear regression analysiswas performed assessing the association between baseline diffusion parameters and decline in cognitive domains. Results: An inverse association was found between baselineMD in the NAWMand decline in Cognitive Index (ß= 0.17; p = 0.035), adjusted for age, sex, education, presence of depressive symptoms at baseline, normalized TBV, lacunes andWMH volume. However, no significant associations were found between diffusion parameters and decline in any cognitive domain after Bonferroni correction. Conclusions: In contrast to cross-sectional studies, in older adults with SVD microstructural integrity of the white matter as assessed with DTI is not related to decline in global cognitive function or any other subdomain.
KW - Cerebral small vessel disease
KW - Cognition
KW - Diffusion tensor imaging
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Microstructural integrity
KW - White matter
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84946413528
U2 - 10.1016/j.bbacli.2015.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.bbacli.2015.10.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84946413528
SN - 2214-6474
VL - 4
SP - 108
EP - 114
JO - BBA Clinical
JF - BBA Clinical
ER -
