Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY
Volume 93, Issue 1, Pages 14-23Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2021-326571
Keywords
dementia; alzheimer's disease; cerebrovascular disease; MRI; vascular dementia
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Funding
- Alzheimer's Research UK [ARUK-PG2016A-1]
- Cambridge University-LMU collabative grant
- Stroke Association [PPA 2015/02]
- NIHR
- National Medical Research Council (NMRC) of Singapore
- NMRC
- Dutch Heart Foundation [2014 T060]
- Netherlands ZonMw [016126351]
- Junior Staff Member Dutch Heart Foundation [2016T044]
- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre Dementia and Neurodegeneration Theme [146281]
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The study suggests that DTI measures, such as mean diffusivity (MD) median, are associated with cognition and can predict dementia risk across a range of SVD severity. DTI measures contribute to cognition, improve prediction models when added, and can predict dementia conversion, especially in severe SVD cases.
Objectives It has been suggested that diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) measures sensitive to white matter (WM) damage may predict future dementia risk not only in cerebral small vessel disease (SVD), but also in mild cognitive impairment. To determine whether DTI measures were associated with cognition cross-sectionally and predicted future dementia risk across the full range of SVD severity, we established the International OPtimising mulTImodal MRI markers for use as surrogate markers in trials of Vascular Cognitive Impairment due to cerebrAl small vesseL disease collaboration which included six cohorts. Methods Among the six cohorts, prospective data with dementia incidences were available for three cohorts. The associations between six different DTI measures and cognition or dementia conversion were tested. The additional contribution to prediction of other MRI markers of SVD was also determined. Results The DTI measure mean diffusivity (MD) median correlated with cognition in all cohorts, demonstrating the contribution of WM damage to cognition. Adding MD median significantly improved the model fit compared to the clinical risk model alone and further increased in all single-centre SVD cohorts when adding conventional MRI measures. Baseline MD median predicted dementia conversion. In a study with severe SVD (SCANS) change in MD median also predicted dementia conversion. The area under the curve was best when employing a multimodal MRI model using both DTI measures and other MRI measures. Conclusions Our results support a central role for WM alterations in dementia pathogenesis in all cohorts. DTI measures such as MD median may be a useful clinical risk predictor. The contribution of other MRI markers varied according to disease severity.
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