期刊
JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
卷 89, 期 4, 页码 1453-1461出版社
IOS PRESS
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-220685
关键词
B vitamins; brain atrophy; folate; homocysteine; mild cognitive impairment
资金
- General Research Fund of the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong [466612]
B vitamins may be more effective in slowing down cognitive decline in MCI patients with atrophy in the left frontal lobe.
Background: The effects of B vitamins on mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients' cognition have been mixed, suggesting the existence of moderating factors. Objective: A post hoc analysis of a negative B vitamin trial was performed to examine the potential modulating effect of regional brain atrophy on the cognitive response to B vitamins in MCI patients. Methods: In the 24-month randomized trial, 279 MCI outpatients took 500 mu g methylcobalamin and 400 mu g folic acid once per day or placebo tablets once per day. Sixty-four aspirin users were excluded from analysis as aspirin use has been found to have significant negative interaction effects. Subjects were followed up at months 12 and 24. The primary cognitive outcome was clinical dementia rating scale sum of boxes (CDR SOB). In a subgroup of 83 subjects, MRI brain scans were performed at baseline to estimate regional brain atrophy ratios. Results: Among the trial subjects who had MRI data, B vitamin supplementation had no significant effect on CDR SOB, despite having significant homocysteine lowering effects. The atrophy ratio of the left frontal lobe significantly moderated the effect of B vitamin supplementation on CDR SOB, after adjusting for confounders, in that B vitamin supplementation was associated with lower CDR SOB scores (i.e., better cognitive function) at the 24th month among those patients with above median atrophy ratios, but not among those with lower atrophy ratios, in the left frontal lobe. Conclusion: B vitamins may be more effective in slowing down cognitive decline in MCI patients with atrophy in the left frontal lobe.
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