Sex differences in the association between amyloid and longitudinal brain volume change in cognitively normal older adults.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Amyloid positivity is a biomarker of AD pathology, yet the associations between amyloid positivity and brain volumetric changes, especially in the hippocampus, are inconsistent. We hypothesize that sex differences in associations may contribute to inconsistent findings among cognitively normal older adults. METHODS:Using linear mixed effects models, we examined the association of amyloid positivity with prospective volumetric changes (mean?=?3.3 visits) of parahippocampal gyrus (phg), hippocampus, entorhinal cortex (erc), precuneus, and fusiform gyrus among 171 Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging participants aged ?55?years. Amyloid positivity was defined by a mean 11C-Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB) distribution volume ratio (DVR) cut-off of 1.062. All analyses included age, race, sex, education, APOE e4 carrier status, and two-way interactions of these covariates with time. Two-way interaction between sex and PiB+/- status and three-way interaction of sex and PiB+/- status with time were added to assess whether sex modified associations. RESULTS:PiB+ status was associated with greater volumetric declines in the phg (??=?-0.036, SE?=?0.011, p?=?0.001) and erc (??=?-0.019, SE?=?0.009, p?=?0.045). Sex modified the association of PiB+ status and rates of volumetric declines in fusiform (??=?-0.117, SE?=?0.049, p?=?0.019). PiB+ males had steeper rates of volumetric declines in phg (??=?-0.051, SE?=?0.013, p?

SUBMITTER: Armstrong NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6444285 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature