Brain artery diameters and risk of dementia and stroke

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INTRODUCTION: We tested the association of brain artery diameters with dementia and stroke risk in three distinct population-based studies using conventional T2-weighted brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images.

METHODS: We included 8420 adults > 40 years old from three longitudinal population-based studies with brain MRI scans. We estimated and meta-analyzed the hazard ratios (HRs) of the brain and carotids and basilar diameters associated with dementia and stroke.

RESULT: Overall and carotid artery diameters > 95th percentile increased the risk for dementia by 1.74 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.13-2.68) and 1.48 (95% CI, 1.12-1.96) fold, respectively. For stroke, meta-analyses yielded HRs of 1.59 (95% CI, 1.04-2.42) for overall arteries and 2.11 (95% CI, 1.45-3.08) for basilar artery diameters > 95th percentile.

DISCUSSION: Individuals with dilated brain arteries are at higher risk for dementia and stroke, across distinct populations. Our findings underline the potential value of T2-weighted brain MRI-based brain diameter assessment in estimating the risk of dementia and stroke.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association - 20(2024), 4 vom: 10. Apr., Seite 2497-2507

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Melgarejo, Jesus D [VerfasserIn]
Gurel, Kursat [VerfasserIn]
Compton, Cassidy Rose [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Minghua [VerfasserIn]
Guzman, Vanessa [VerfasserIn]
Assuras, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Levin, Bonnie E [VerfasserIn]
Elkind, Mitchell S V [VerfasserIn]
Ikram, M Kamran [VerfasserIn]
Kavousi, Maryam [VerfasserIn]
Ikram, M Arfan [VerfasserIn]
Wright, Clinton [VerfasserIn]
Crivello, Fabrice [VerfasserIn]
Laurent, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Tzourio, Christophe [VerfasserIn]
Vernooij, Meike W [VerfasserIn]
Rundek, Tatjana [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhen-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Bos, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Gutierrez, Jose [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Brain artery diameter
Dementia
Journal Article
Magnetic resonance imaging
Population‐based science
Stroke

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Date Completed 22.04.2024

Date Revised 26.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/alz.13712

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36822029X