Cardiovascular disease risk exacerbates brain aging among Hispanic/Latino adults in the SOL-INCA-MRI Study
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are highly prevalent among Hispanic/Latino adults, while the prevalence of MRI infarcts is not well-documented. We, therefore, sought to examine the relationships between CVD risk factors and infarcts with brain structure among Hispanic/Latino individuals. Methods: Participants included 1,886 Hispanic/Latino adults (50-85 years) who underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as part of the Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging-MRI (SOL-INCA-MRI) study. CVD risk was measured approximately 10.5 years before MRI using the Framingham cardiovascular risk score, a measure of 10-year CVD risk (low (<10%), medium (10- < 20%), and high (≥20%)). MR infarcts were determined as present or absent. Outcomes included total brain, cerebral and lobar cortical gray matter, hippocampal, lateral ventricle, and total white matter hyperintensity (WMH) volumes. Linear regression models tested associations between CVD risk and infarct with MRI outcomes and for modifications by age and sex. Results: Sixty percent of participants were at medium or high CVD risk. Medium and high CVD risk were associated with lower total brain and frontal gray matter and higher WMH volumes compared to those with low CVD risk. High CVD risk was additionally associated with lower total cortical gray matter and parietal volumes and larger lateral ventricle volumes. Men tended to have greater CVDRF-related differences in total brain volumes than women. The association of CVD risk factors on total brain volumes increased with age, equal to an approximate 7-year increase in total brain aging among the high-CVD-risk group compared to the low-risk group. The presence of infarct(s) was associated with lower total brain volumes, which was equal to an approximate 5-year increase in brain aging compared to individuals without infarcts. Infarcts were also associated with smaller total cortical gray matter, frontal and parietal volumes, and larger lateral ventricle and WMH volumes. Conclusion: The high prevalence of CVD risk among Hispanic/Latino adults may be associated with accelerated brain aging.
Source: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Authors: Ariana M. Stickel, Wassim Tarraf, Kevin A. Gonzalez, Alejandra Morlett Paredes, Donglin Zeng, Jianwen Cai, Carmen R. Isasi, Robert Kaplan, Richard B. Lipton, Martha L. Daviglus, Fernando D. Testai, Melissa Lamar, Linda C. Gallo, Gregory A. Talavera, Marc D. Gellman, Alberto R. Ramos, Vladimir Ivanovic, Stephan Seiler, Hector M. González, Charles DeCarli
Institutions: San Diego State University, Wayne State University, University of California San Diego, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Rush University Medical Center, University of Miami, Medical College of Wisconsin, Klinikum Klagenfurt, University of California, Davis
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,295
Awards: UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Core Center, Hispanic Community Health Study, Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging (SOL-INCA), MRI Measures of Cerebrovascular Injury and AD Atrophy in a Study of Latinos, HISPANIC COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDY - FIELD CENTER, Early and life course socioeconomic adversity and dementia risk in Hispanics/Latinos, Hispanic Community Health Study, Study of Latinos Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging 2, Hispanic Community Health Study, SDSU FUERTE: Faculty United towards Excellence in Research and Transformational Engagement, HISPANIC COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDY - COORDINATING CENTER, Neurocognitive aging, MCI and Alzheimer's disease DNA methylation among diverse Latinos, UCSD Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center P30, Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging-Alzheimer's disease, Culturally relevant contributors to cognitive and MRI changes in older Latinos, UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease Among Latinos: Relationships Between Cardiovascular Disease Risk, Acculturation, Small Vessel Disease, and Alzheimer's Biomarkers, Sleep in Neurocognitive Aging and Alzheimers Research (SANAR)
OpenAlex ID: W4396746983