Focal hemosiderin deposits and ?-amyloid load in the ADNI cohort.

ABSTRACT: Prevalence and risk factors for focal hemosiderin deposits are important considerations when planning amyloid-modifying trials for treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease (AD).Subjects were cognitively normal (n = 171), early-mild cognitive impairment (MCI) (n = 240), late-MCI (n = 111), and AD (n = 40) from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). Microhemorrhages and superficial siderosis were assessed at baseline and on all available MRIs at 3, 6, and 12 months. ?-amyloid load was assessed with (18)F-florbetapir positron emission tomography.Prevalence of superficial siderosis was 1% and prevalence of microhemorrhages was 25% increasing with age (P < .001) and ?-amyloid load (P < .001). Topographic densities of microhemorrhages were highest in the occipital lobes and lowest in the deep/infratentorial regions. A greater number of microhemorrhages at baseline was associated with a greater annualized rate of additional microhemorrhages by last follow-up (rank correlation = 0.49; P < .001).Focal hemosiderin deposits are relatively common in the ADNI cohort and are associated with ?-amyloid load.

SUBMITTER: Kantarci K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3770782 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature