In a randomized trial, solanezumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against soluble amyloid, did not slow cognitive decline over a period of 80 weeks in patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease and ...with PET or CSF biomarkers of amyloid-related disease.
Higher selenium level has been hypothesized to have the potential to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases including dyslipidemia. However, results from previous studies are inconsistent. This ...study aims to determine the association between selenium level and dyslipidemia in elderly Chinese with relatively low selenium status.
A cross-sectional study of 1859 participants aged 65 or older from four rural counties in China was conducted. Serum total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDLC) and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDLC), nail selenium concentration and APOE genotype were measured in all subjects. The four types of dyslipidemia were defined as >5.17 mmol/L for High-TC, >1.69 mmol/L for High-TG, >3.36 mmol/L for High-LDLC, and <1.04 mmol/L for Low-HDLC according to Chinese Guidelines on Prevention and Treatment of Dyslipidemia in Adults. Logistic models adjusting for age, gender, APOE genotype, body mass index, alcohol consumption, smoking, physical activity, medication use for cardiovascular diseases were used to examine the relationship between selenium levels and the risk of dyslipidemia.
Mean nail selenium concentration was 0.465 μg/gin this sample. Rates for High-TC, High-LDLC, High-TG, Low-HDLC were 18.13%, 13.23%, 12.21% and 32.76% respectively. Results from logistic models indicated that higher selenium levels were significantly associated with higher risk of High-TC, High-LDLC and lower risk of Low-HDLC adjusting for covariates (p < 0.0001). Compared with the lowest selenium quartile group, participants in selenium quartile groups 2, 3 and 4 had significantly higher rates of High-TC, High-LDLC, High-TG, and lower rate of Low-HDLC adjusting for covariates. No significant association was observed between selenium level and the risk of High-TG. APOEε4 carriers had higher rates of High-TC and High-LDLC. There was no interaction between selenium level and APOE with the rates of dyslipidemia.
Our results suggest long-term selenium exposure level may be associated with the risk of dyslipidemia in elderly population. Future studies are needed to examine the underlying mechanism of the association.
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DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
Cadmium (Cd) exposure has been reported to have neurotoxic effects in animal studies and associated with increased Alzheimer's Disease mortality and lower cognitive function in cross-sectional and ...case-control studies. However, no results from longitudinal studies on Cd and cognitive decline are available. In this prospective cohort study, we recruited 1867 participants aged 65 years or older from rural areas in China, blood Cd and cognitive function were measured at baseline (2010−2012), and 1554 participants completed cognitive function tests during a 3-year follow-up (2013–2015). Cognitive function was evaluated using nine standardized cognitive tests: The Community Screening Instrument for Dementia, the CERAD Word List Learning, Word list recall, IU Story Recall, Animal Fluency Test, Boston Naming Test, Stick Design, Delayed Stick Design and the IU Token Test. Analysis of covariance models and logistic regression models were used to determine the association between Cd and standardized cognitive decline adjusting for covariates. The median blood Cd concentration of this study population was 2.12 μg/L, and the interquartile range was 1.42–4.64 μg/L. Significant association of higher Cd levels with lower cognitive scores were observed in five individual cognitive tests (Delayed Stick Design Test, Boston Naming Test, CERAD Word List Learning Test, Word List Recall Test and IU Story Recall Test) and the composite cognitive score adjusting for multi-covariates at baseline. Higher Cd levels were significantly associated with greater 3-year cognitive decline in Delayed Stick Design Test, Boston Naming Test, IU Token Test, Word List Recall Test and Composite cognitive score. For these cognitive tests, participants in the top two Cd quartile groups had significantly greater decline than those in the lowest Cd quartile group, while the two lowest Cd quartile groups were not significantly different. Our findings suggest that higher Cd exposure is associated with greater cognitive decline in older Chinese adults.
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•First longitudinal study on the association between Cd and cognitive decline of older adults.•Higher Cd levels were associated with lower scores of several cognitive tests.•Higher Cd levels were associated with greater 3-year cognitive decline.
Abstract In this study we compared Pittsburgh compound-B (PIB) positron emission tomography (PET) amyloid imaging, fluorodeoxyglucose PET for metabolism, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for ...structure to predict conversion from amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer's dementia using data from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative cohort. Numeric neuroimaging variables generated by the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative-funded laboratories for each neuroimaging modality along with apolipoprotein-E genotype ( n = 29) were analyzed. Performance of these biomarkers for predicting conversion from MCI to Alzheimer's dementia at 2 years was evaluated in 50 late amnestic MCI subjects, 20 of whom converted. Multivariate modeling found that among individual modalities, MRI had the highest predictive accuracy (67%) which increased by 9% to 76% when combined with PIB-PET, producing the highest accuracy among any biomarker combination. Individually, PIB-PET generated the best sensitivity, and fluorodeoxyglucose PET had the lowest. Among individual brain regions, the temporal cortex was found to be most predictive for MRI and PIB-PET.
Background
Studies have established the association between blood β-amyloid (Aβ) levels and Alzheimer’s disease, but population-based studies concerning the association between selenium (Se) and Aβ ...levels in blood samples are very limited. Therefore, we explored the association in an elderly population with Se status and serum Aβ measures.
Methods
A cross-sectional study on 469 elderly individuals from four rural counties with diverse soil Se levels was carried out. Fasting blood Se, serum selenoprotein P (SELENOP), and glutathione peroxidase (GPX), serum Aβ42, and Aβ40 were measured. Quantile regression models were used to determine the associations of blood Se, serum GPX, and SELENOP with Aβ levels.
Results
Significant negative associations were observed between blood Se and serum Aβ42 and Aβ40 levels at all percentiles (
P
< 0.05). The associations were generally stronger at higher Aβ42 and Aβ40 percentiles than lower Aβ42 and Aβ40 percentiles. Blood Se was positively associated with serum Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio at 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles. Significant positive associations were observed between serum GPX and Aβ42 and Aβ40 levels at all percentiles (
P
< 0.05). The positive associations were generally stronger at higher Aβ42 and Aβ40 percentiles than at lower percentiles. Serum GPX was negatively associated with Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio at 25th, 50th, 75th, and 95th percentiles. No associations with serum SELENOP and Aβ levels were observed.
Conclusions
Our results suggest that higher Se levels are associated with lower serum Aβ42 and Aβ40 levels and with higher Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio, and the results are specific for different selenoproteins.
To investigate the relationship between selenium (Se) based multi-element combined exposure and cognitive function in rural elderly individuals, a cross-sectional study was conducted. The study ...involved 416 older adults aged 60 and above, residing in four different areas of Enshi county, China, with varying soil Se levels. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was employed to measure the concentrations of Se, copper (Cu), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As), and lead (Pb) in whole blood. Nine standard cognitive tests were applied to assess cognitive function. Analysis of the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression (LASSO), covariance (ANCOVA), and generalized linear model (GLM) were utilized to investigate the relationship between element exposure and cognitive function. The results of LASSO revealed that Se, Cu, Fe, Zn, Ca, and Pb were independently identified to be associated with cognition. Both ANCOVA and GLM demonstrated that Se and Ca were correlated with cognitive function. The multi-element model showed higher composite
Z
scores of 0.32 (95% CI: 0.09 to 0.55) for log-transformed Se (
P
= 0.007), 0.75 (95% CI: 0.01 to 1.49) for log-transformed Cu (
P
= 0.048), and a lower score of − 0.67 (95% CI: − 1.26 to − 0.08) for log-transformed Ca (
P
= 0.025). Furthermore, there was evidence that Se could counteract the negative impact of Ca on cognitive function (
P
for interaction = 0.031). Our findings suggested that higher levels of Se and Cu were associated with better cognitive function in the elderly and Se can counteract the cognitive damage caused by Ca.
To examine the long-term outcomes of community-based elderly African Americans by following their transitions from normal cognition to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to dementia.
Participants were ...from the community-based Indianapolis Dementia Project. A total of 4,104 African Americans were enrolled in 1992 or 2001 and followed until 2009 with regularly scheduled evaluation of cognitive assessment. A two-stage sampling was used at each evaluation to select individuals for extensive clinical assessment following the results of Stage 1 cognitive testing. Age- and gender-specific incidence, progression, and reversion rates for MCI were derived using the person-year method in a dynamic cohort and predicted probabilities from weighted multinomial logistic models of transitional probabilities among normal cognition, MCI, and dementia.
Annual overall incidence rate for MCI was 5.6% (95% confidence interval CI: 4.6%-6.6%). Annual progression rate from MCI to dementia was 5.9% (95% CI: 5.3%-6.5%), and annual reversion rate from MCI to normal was 18.6% (95% CI: 16.7%-20.4%). Both MCI incidence rates and MCI to dementia progression rates increased with age, whereas reversion rates from MCI to normal decreased with age.
MCI progression to dementia was much more frequent in the older age groups than in younger participants where reversion to normal cognition is more common. Future research is needed to determine factors related to the heterogeneous outcomes in MCI individuals.
Background
In controlled clinical trials, compared with placebo, a significantly greater proportion of participants using lasmiditan to treat a migraine attack achieved 2-h pain freedom (PF) and ...experienced ≥ 1 treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAE).
Objective
To better inform clinicians about treatment expectations by evaluating the association between TEAEs and efficacy outcomes after lasmiditan treatment.
Methods
Pooled data from SAMURAI, SPARTAN, MONONOFU, and CENTURION were analyzed. A common TEAE (CTEAE) was defined as occurring in ≥ 2% in the overall population. Central nervous system (CNS)-CTEAEs were based on Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities.
Results
At 2 h, a significantly higher percentage of lasmiditan 200 mg-treated participants who achieved PF experienced ≥ 1 CTEAE than non-responders who continued to experience moderate/severe pain (48.2% vs. 28.7%, respectively). Correspondingly, a significantly higher percentage of lasmiditan 200 mg-treated participants who experienced ≥ 1 CTEAE achieved PF at 2 h than those who did not (39.0% vs. 30.2%, respectively). Similar results were generally observed with individual CNS-CTEAEs, but for non-CNS-CTEAEs, this pattern was less evident or in the opposite direction. No consistent differences were observed for migraine-related functional disability freedom. The percentage of participants with improved patient global impression of change (PGIC) was greater with a CNS-CTEAE versus no CNS-CTEAE.
Conclusions
Those who had PF at 2 h were more likely to experience a CNS-CTEAE, and those with CNS-CTEAEs were more likely to experience PF. The occurrence of CTEAEs did not seem to negatively affect disability freedom or PGIC.
ClinicalTrials.gov Registration
SAMURAI (NCT02439320), SPARTAN (NCT02605174), MONONOFU (NCT03962738), CENTURION (NCT03670810), ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02439320, NCT02605174, NCT03962738, NCT03670810
Earlier studies have reported inconsistent association between selenium (Se) and homocysteine (Hcy) levels, while no evidence could be found from Chinese population. To fill this gap, we investigated ...the association between blood Se and hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) of rural elderly population in China.
A cross-sectional study on 1823 participants aged 65 and older from four Chinese rural counties was carried out in this study. Whole blood Se and serum Hcy concentrations were measured in fasting blood samples. Analysis of covariance and restricted cubic spline models were used to examine the association between Se and Hcy levels. Logistic regression models were used to evaluate the risk of prevalent HHcy among four Se quartile groups after adjusting for covariates.
For this sample, the mean blood Se concentration was 156.34 (74.65) μg/L and the mean serum Hcy concentration was 17.25 (8.42) μmol/L. A significant non-linear relationship was found between blood Se and serum Hcy, the association was inverse when blood Se was less than 97.404 μg/L and greater than 156.919 μg/L. Participants in the top three blood Se quartile groups had significantly lower risk of prevalent HHcy compared with the lowest quartile group. When defined as Hcy> 10 μmol/L, the odds ratios and 95% confidence interval of HHcy were 0.600 (0.390, 0.924), 0.616 (0.398, 0.951) and 0.479 (0.314, 0.732) for Q2, Q3, and Q4 Se quartile groups compared with the Q1 group, respectively. When defined as Hcy≥ 15 μmol/L, the odds ratios and 95% confidence interval of HHcy were 0.833 (0.633, 1.098) and 0.827 (0.626, 1.092), 0.647 (0.489, 0.857) for Q2, Q3, and Q4 Se quartile groups compared with Q1 group.
Our findings suggest that higher blood Se level could be a protective factor for HHcy in the elderly.
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•First study on the association between blood Se and HHcy in older Chinese adults.•A non-linear relationship between blood Se and serum Hcy was observed.•Higher Se levels were associated with lower prevalence risk of HHcy.
Abstract Background To compare dementia incidence of African-American and Yoruba cohorts aged ≥70 years enrolled in 1992 and 2001. Methods African-Americans residing in Indianapolis and Yoruba in ...Ibadan, Nigeria without dementia were enrolled in 1992 and 2001 and evaluated every 2–3 years until 2009. The cohorts consist of 1440 African-Americans, 1774 Yoruba in 1992 and 1835 African-Americans and 1895 Yoruba in the 2001 cohorts aged ≥70 years. Results In African-Americans, dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD) incidence rates were significantly lower in 2001 than 1992 for all age groups except the oldest group. The overall standardized annual dementia incidence rates were 3.6% (95% confidence interval CI, 3.2%–4.1%) in the 1992 cohort and 1.4% (95% CI, 1.2%–1.7%) in the 2001 cohort. There was no significant difference in dementia or AD incidence between the Yoruba cohorts. Conclusions Future research is needed to explore the reasons for the differential changes in incidence rates in these two populations.
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