Association of Insulin Resistance With Cerebral Glucose Uptake in Late Middle-Aged Adults at Risk for Alzheimer Disease.
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ABSTRACT: IMPORTANCE:Converging evidence suggests that Alzheimer disease (AD) involves insulin signaling impairment. Patients with AD and individuals at risk for AD show reduced glucose metabolism, as indexed by fludeoxyglucose F 18-labeled positron emission tomography (FDG-PET). OBJECTIVES:To determine whether insulin resistance predicts AD-like global and regional glucose metabolism deficits in late middle-aged participants at risk for AD and to examine whether insulin resistance-predicted variation in regional glucose metabolism is associated with worse cognitive performance. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:This population-based, cross-sectional study included 150 cognitively normal, late middle-aged (mean [SD] age, 60.7 [5.8] years) adults from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention (WRAP) study, a general community sample enriched for AD parental history. Participants underwent cognitive testing, fasting blood draw, and FDG-PET at baseline. We used the homeostatic model assessment of peripheral insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Regression analysis tested the statistical effect of HOMA-IR on global glucose metabolism. We used a voxelwise analysis to determine whether HOMA-IR predicted regional glucose metabolism. Finally, predicted variation in regional glucose metabolism was regressed against cognitive factors. Covariates included age, sex, body mass index, apolipoprotein E ?4 genotype, AD parental history status, and a reference region used to normalize regional uptake. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES:Regional glucose uptake determined using FDG-PET and neuropsychological factors. RESULTS:Higher HOMA-IR was associated with lower global glucose metabolism (??=?-0.29; P?
SUBMITTER: Willette AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4570876 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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