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Osteoarthritis Was Associated With a Faster Decline in Hippocampal Volumes in Cognitively Normal Older People.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine whether osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with a change in adjusted hippocampal volumes (HpVR: hippocampal/intracranial volume × 10³) over time among cognitively normal older people.

Methods

We examined the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of OA with HpVR among individuals with normal cognition (NC) from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) study. At baseline, a total of 372 individuals with NC were included.

Results

In the cross-sectional analyses of baseline data, we did not find a significant relationship between OA and HpVR among individuals with NC. However, in the longitudinal analyses, OA was significantly associated with change in HpVR over time among individuals with NC. Specifically, compared with individuals without OA, those with OA showed a faster decline in HpVR over time when controlling for other potential confounders, including age, educational attainment, gender, and APOE4 genotype.

Conclusion

OA status was significantly associated with a change in HpVR over time among individuals with NC.

SUBMITTER: Li X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7456859 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Osteoarthritis Was Associated With a Faster Decline in Hippocampal Volumes in Cognitively Normal Older People.

Li Xiang X Tong Qiaowen Q Gao Jianqing J Liu Cailong C Liu Yangbo Y

Frontiers in aging neuroscience 20200814

<h4>Objective</h4>To examine whether osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with a change in adjusted hippocampal volumes (HpVR: hippocampal/intracranial volume × 10<sup>3</sup>) over time among cognitively normal older people.<h4>Methods</h4>We examined the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of OA with HpVR among individuals with normal cognition (NC) from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) study. At baseline, a total of 372 individuals with NC were included.<h4>Result ...[more]

PMID: 32922280

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Osteoarthritis Was Associated With a Faster Decline in Hippocampal Volumes in Cognitively Normal Older People.

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Osteoarthritis Was Associated With a Faster Decline in Hippocampal Volumes in Cognitively Normal Older People.

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