Prevalence of amyloid-? pathology in distinct variants of primary progressive aphasia.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of amyloid positivity, defined by positron emission tomography (PET)/cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers and/or neuropathological examination, in primary progressive aphasia (PPA) variants. METHODS:We conducted a meta-analysis with individual participant data from 1,251 patients diagnosed with PPA (including logopenic [lvPPA, n?=?443], nonfluent [nfvPPA, n?=?333], semantic [svPPA, n?=?401], and mixed/unclassifiable [n?=?74] variants of PPA) from 36 centers, with a measure of amyloid-? pathology (CSF [n?=?600], PET [n?=?366], and/or autopsy [n?=?378]) available. The estimated prevalence of amyloid positivity according to PPA variant, age, and apolipoprotein E (ApoE) ?4 status was determined using generalized estimating equation models. RESULTS:Amyloid-? positivity was more prevalent in lvPPA (86%) than in nfvPPA (20%) or svPPA (16%; p?

SUBMITTER: Bergeron D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6354051 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature