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Diabetes is Not Associated with Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathology.


ABSTRACT: Previous evidence linking diabetes to Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology is mixed and scant data are available from low- and middle-income countries.To investigate the association between diabetes and AD neuropathology in a large autopsy study of older Brazilian adults.In this cross-sectional study, diabetes was defined by diagnosis during life or use of antidiabetic medication. A standardized neuropathological examination was performed using immunohistochemistry. The associations of diabetes with Consortium to Establish and Registry for Alzheimer Disease (CERAD) scores for neuritic plaques and Braak-Braak (BB) scores for neurofibrillary tangles were investigated using multivariable ordinal logistic regression. We investigated effect modification of education, race, and APOE on these associations.Among 1,037 subjects (mean age?=?74.4±11.5 y; mean education?=?4.0±3.7 y; 48% male, 61% White), diabetes was present in 279 subjects. Diabetes was not associated with BB (OR?=?1.12, 95% CI?=?0.81-1.54, p?=?0.48) or with CERAD (OR?=?0.97, 95% CI?=?0.68-1.38, p?=?0.86) scores on analyses adjusted for sociodemographic and clinical variables. We observed effect modification by the APOE allele ?4 on the association between diabetes mellitus and BB scores.No evidence of an association between diabetes and AD neuropathology was found in a large sample of Brazilians; however, certain subgroups, such as APOE allele ?4 carriers, had higher odds of accumulation of neurofibrillary tangles.

SUBMITTER: Dos Santos Matioli MNP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5892204 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<h4>Background</h4>Previous evidence linking diabetes to Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology is mixed and scant data are available from low- and middle-income countries.<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the association between diabetes and AD neuropathology in a large autopsy study of older Brazilian adults.<h4>Methods</h4>In this cross-sectional study, diabetes was defined by diagnosis during life or use of antidiabetic medication. A standardized neuropathological examination was performed u  ...[more]

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