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Porter T, Sim M, Prince RL, Schousboe JT, Bondonno C, Lim WH, Zhu K, Kiel DP, Hodgson JM, Laws SM, Lewis JR. Abdominal aortic calcification on lateral spine images captured during bone density testing and late-life dementia risk in older women: A prospective cohort study. Lancet Reg Health West Pac 2022; 26:100502. [PMID: 36213133 PMCID: PMC9535408 DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Dementia after the age of 80 years (late-life) is increasingly common due to vascular and non-vascular risk factors. Identifying individuals at higher risk of late-life dementia remains a global priority. METHODS In prospective study of 958 ambulant community-dwelling older women (≥70 years), lateral spine images (LSI) captured in 1998 (baseline) from a bone density machine were used to assess abdominal aortic calcification (AAC). AAC was classified into established categories (low, moderate and extensive). Cardiovascular risk factors and apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotyping were evaluated. Incident 14.5-year late-life dementia was identified from linked hospital and mortality records. FINDINGS At baseline women were 75.0 ± 2.6 years, 44.7% had low AAC, 36.4% had moderate AAC and 18.9% had extensive AAC. Over 14.5- years, 150 (15.7%) women had a late-life dementia hospitalisation (n = 132) and/or death (n = 58). Compared to those with low AAC, women with moderate and extensive AAC were more likely to suffer late-life dementia hospitalisations (9.3%, 15.5%, 18.3%, respectively) and deaths (2.8%, 8.3%, 9.4%, respectively). After adjustment for cardiovascular risk factors and APOE, women with moderate and extensive AAC had twice the relative hazards of late-life dementia (moderate, aHR 2.03 95%CI 1.38-2.97; extensive, aHR 2.10 95%CI 1.33-3.32), compared to women with low AAC. INTERPRETATION In community-dwelling older women, those with more advanced AAC had higher risk of late-life dementia, independent of cardiovascular risk factors and APOE genotype. Given the widespread use of bone density testing, simultaneously capturing AAC information may be a novel, non-invasive, scalable approach to identify older women at risk of late-life dementia. FUNDING Kidney Health Australia, Healthway Health Promotion Foundation of Western Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Research Advisory Committee Grant, National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.
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Key Words
- AAC, abdominal aortic calcification
- AAC24, abdominal aortic calcification 24 scale scores
- AD, Alzheimer's disease
- APOE, apolipoprotein E
- ASVD, atherosclerotic vascular disease
- AUC, area under the curve
- Aging
- CAC, coronary artery calcification
- CVD, cardiovascular disease
- DXA, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
- Dementia
- Epidemiology
- FRS, Framingham General Cardiovascular Risk Scores
- IDI, integrated discrimination improvement
- Imaging
- LSI, lateral spine imaging
- NRI, net reclassification improvement
- ROC, receiver operator characteristics
- Vascular disease
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Affiliation(s)
- Tenielle Porter
- Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
| | - Marc Sim
- Nutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Medical School, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
| | - Richard L. Prince
- Nutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Medical School, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
| | - John T. Schousboe
- Park Nicollet Clinic and HealthPartners Institute, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
| | - Catherine Bondonno
- Nutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Medical School, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
| | - Wai H. Lim
- Medical School, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Department of Renal Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Medical School, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
| | - Douglas P. Kiel
- Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Department of Medicine Beth, Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
| | - Jonathan M. Hodgson
- Nutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Medical School, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
| | - Simon M. Laws
- Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
| | - Joshua R. Lewis
- Nutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Medical School, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Centre for Kidney Research, Children's Hospital at Westmead, School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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