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Abbiategrasso Brain Bank Protocol for Collecting, Processing and Characterizing Aging Brains
Published on: June 3, 2020
Multimorbidity burden and patterns associated with DeepBrainNet-derived brain-age gap in dementia-free older adults:
Xinyu Liu1, Ming Mao2,3, Cuicui Liu2
1Department of Neurology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, P.R. China.
Introduction:
Emerging evidence has linked chronic diseases with structural brain measures; however, the relationship between multimorbidity patterns and brain-age gap is unclear.
Methods:
This community-based study involved 1151 dementia-free older adults in Multimodal Interventions to Delay Dementia and Disability in Rural China (MIND-China). Multimorbidity was defined as coexistence of two or more chronic diseases. Hierarchical cluster analysis was used to identify five patterns of multimorbidity. We additionally defined cardiometabolic multimorbidity as coexistence of two or more cardiometabolic diseases. The predicted brain age was estimated using DeepBrainNet. Data were analyzed using linear regression models.
Results:
The number of chronic diseases, multimorbidity, and cardiometabolic multimorbidity were significantly associated with larger brain-age gap (p < 0.05). The multimorbidity clusters comprising cerebrovascular disease and metabolic disorders or biliary tract diseases, dorsopathies, anemia, and hearing problems were significantly correlated with larger brain-age gap (p < 0.05).
Discussion:
The overall burden and cardiometabolic pattern of multimorbidity are associated with advanced brain aging in dementia-free older adults.
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