EEG Markers of Dementia with Lewy Bodies : A Multicenter Cohort Study

Quantitative EEG (QEEG) has demonstrated good discriminative capacity for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) diagnosis as compared to Alzheimer's disease (AD) with a predictive value of 100% in a single cohort study. EEG in DLB was characterized by a dominant frequency (DF) in pre-alpha (5.5-7.5 Hz), theta, or delta bands and DF variability (DFV) >1.2 Hz, frequency prevalence (FP) pre-alpha in >40% and FP alpha in <32% of the epochs. To validate the aforementioned QEEG findings in independent cohorts of clinically diagnosed DLB versus AD patients, we analyzed EEG traces of 79 DLB and 133 AD patients (MMSE >20) collected from four European Centers. EEG traces from 19 scalp derivations were acquired as at least 10 min continuous signals and epoched in off-setting as series of 2-second-long epochs, subsequently processed by Fast Fourier Transform (frequency resolution 0.5 Hz). DLB patients showed EEG specific abnormalities in posterior derivations characterized by DF <8 Hz FP pre-alpha >50%, FP alpha <25%. DFV was >0.5 Hz. AD patients displayed stable alpha DF, DFV <0.5 Hz, FP pre-alpha <30%, and FP alpha >55%. DLB and AD differed for DF (p < 10-6), DFV (p < 0.05), FP pre-alpha (p < 10-12) and FP alpha (p < 10-12). Discriminant analysis detected specific cut-offs for every EEG mathematical descriptor; DF = 8, DFV = 2.2 Hz, FP pre-alpha=33%, FP alpha = 41% for posterior derivations. If at least one of the cut-off values was met, the percentage of DLB and AD patients correctly classified was 90% and 64%, respectively. The findings in this multicenter study support the validity of QEEG analysis as a tool for diagnosis in DLB patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

Enthalten in:

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 54(2016), 4 vom: 18. Okt., Seite 1649-1657

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bonanni, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Franciotti, Raffaella [VerfasserIn]
Nobili, Flavio [VerfasserIn]
Kramberger, Milica G [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, John-Paul [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Ptacek, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Falasca, N Walter [VerfasserIn]
Famá, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Cromarty, Ruth [VerfasserIn]
Onofrj, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Aarsland, Dag [VerfasserIn]
E-DLB study group [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Dementia with Lewy bodies
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Quantitative EEG
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.01.2018

Date Revised 01.02.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM264003330