Health-Related Behaviors and Risk of Common Age-Related Brain Diseases Across Severities of Genetic Risk
Marini S, Kimball T, Mayerhofer E, Tack R, Senff J, Prapiadou S, Rivier C, Duskin J, Kourkoulis C, Falcone G, Yechoor N, Tanzi R, Rosand J, Singh S, Parodi L, Anderson C. Health-Related Behaviors and Risk of Common Age-Related Brain Diseases Across Severities of Genetic Risk. Neurology 2024, 103: e210014. PMID: 39504504, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000210014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate-life depressionGenetic riskDementia riskUK Biobank (UKBEffects of healthy lifestylesHealth-related behaviorsGenetic predispositionElevated genetic riskProspective cohort studyHazard of strokeCox proportional hazards modelsAge-related brain diseasesLifestyle behaviorsCare scoresUKB participantsProportional hazards modelHealthy lifestyleIncidence of strokeMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelPolygenic scoresTargeted interventionsLifestyle adjustmentsAggregate risk estimatesRisk estimatesCohort studyBrain Care Score and Neuroimaging Markers of Brain Health in Asymptomatic Middle-Age Persons
Rivier C, Singh S, Senff J, Tack R, Marini S, Clocchiatti-Tuozzo S, Huo S, Renedo D, Papier K, Conroy M, Littlejohns T, Chemali Z, Kourkoulis C, Payabvash S, Newhouse A, Westover M, Lazar R, Pikula A, Ibrahim S, Howard V, Howard G, Brouwers H, Van Duijn C, Fricchione G, Tanzi R, Yechoor N, Sheth K, Anderson C, Rosand J, Falcone G. Brain Care Score and Neuroimaging Markers of Brain Health in Asymptomatic Middle-Age Persons. Neurology 2024, 103: e209687. PMID: 39052961, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209687.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCare scoresUK BiobankWhite matter hyperintensitiesHealth-related behaviorsMarkers of brain healthMiddle-aged personsStroke risk factorsProspective cohort studyMultivariate linear regressionEmpower patientsSilent cerebrovascular diseaseBrain careWhite matter hyperintensities progressionDementia historyHealth declineInvestigate associationsCohort studyBrain healthNeuroimaging markersHigher scoresRisk factorsMean diffusivityCerebrovascular diseaseFractional anisotropyImaging assessment