在糖尿病预防计划中冠状动脉和认知衰退研究结果研究结果
Kishore M Gadde1, Xiaoyan Yin2, Ronald B Goldberg3
1Department of Surgery University of California, Irvine (UCI) Medical Center Orange CA.
Journal of the American Heart Association
|November 6, 2023
概括
高冠状动脉 (CAC) 评分与糖尿病或糖尿病前期妇女的认知能力下降有关. 这一发现强调了管理心血管风险因素对这些人群中大脑健康的重要性.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 神经学 神经学
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
背景情况:
- 糖尿病预防计划结果研究 (DPPOS) 调查了糖尿病前期参与者的长期结果.
- 冠状动脉 (CAC) 是动脉样硬化的标志物.
- 认知功能对于日常生活至关重要,可以受到代谢和血管状况的影响.
研究的目的:
- 检查冠状动脉 (CAC) 与患有葡萄糖耐受性损害或2型糖尿病的成年人的认知功能之间的关联.
- 为了确定CAC是否预测了这一群体的纵向认知衰退.
主要方法:
- 利用了1931年DPPOS参与者的数据,这是一个随机对照试验.
- 在随机化后大约14年,使用计算机断层扫描 (阿加斯顿得分) 评估CAC.
- 在随机化后的14岁和19岁使用西班牙语英语口头学习测试 (SEVLT) 和数字符号替换测试来评估认知表现.
主要成果:
- 未经调整的分析显示,在14岁时,较高的CAC分数 (>300) 与较差的认知表现相关.
- CAC>300与SEVLT即时回忆 (两性) 和SEVLT延迟回忆 (女性) 在5年内更大的下降有关.
- 经过多个共同变量调整后,CAC>300仍然独立地与SEVLT延迟回忆的更大下降有关,特别是在女性中.
结论:
- 在患有糖尿病前期或2型糖尿病的女性中,高CAC (>300) 独立地与随着时间的推移口头记忆的显著下降有关.
- 这些发现表明,在患有葡萄糖代谢障碍的妇女中,亚临床动脉样硬化和认知障碍之间存在联系.
- 管理心血管风险因素对于保持这一人口群体的认知功能可能很重要.
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