2024
Life's Essential 8 and Poor Brain Health Outcomes in Middle-Aged Adults
Clocchiatti-Tuozzo S, Rivier C, Renedo D, Huo S, Hawkes M, de Havenon A, Schwamm L, Sheth K, Gill T, Falcone G. Life's Essential 8 and Poor Brain Health Outcomes in Middle-Aged Adults. Neurology 2024, 103: e209990. PMID: 39442069, PMCID: PMC11498939, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209990.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLife's Essential 8Poor cardiovascular healthCardiovascular healthBrain healthLife's Essential 8 scoreUnadjusted riskEssential 8Determinants of cardiovascular healthUK Biobank (UKBCardiovascular health profileModifiable cardiovascular risk factorsBrain health outcomesRisk factorsComposite outcomePublic health constructsPopulation studiesMiddle-aged adultsCox modelLate-life depressionCox proportional hazards modelsBrain health benefitsMultivariate Cox modelCardiovascular risk factorsFollow-up timeAoU participants
2023
Association of Poor Oral Health With Neuroimaging Markers of White Matter Injury in Middle-Aged Participants in the UK Biobank.
Rivier C, Renedo D, de Havenon A, Sunmonu N, Gill T, Payabvash S, Sheth K, Falcone G. Association of Poor Oral Health With Neuroimaging Markers of White Matter Injury in Middle-Aged Participants in the UK Biobank. Neurology 2023, 102: e208010. PMID: 38165331, PMCID: PMC10870735, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000208010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoor oral healthOral healthBrain healthRisk factorsNeuroimaging markerWMH volumeHealth profileMD scoreSelf-reported poor oral healthCross-sectional neuroimaging studiesFractional anisotropyWhite matter hyperintensity volumeModifiable risk factorsWhite matter injuryPresence of denturesMendelian randomizationMiddle-aged personsFA scoreMiddle-aged participantsLoose teethCardiovascular diseaseHyperintensity volumeBrain MRIModifiable processEarly interventionGenetic Analyses of Oral Health and Neuroimaging Markers of Brain Health in Persons without Stroke (S49.001)
Rivier C, Renedo D, De Havenon A, Payabvash S, Torres-Lopez V, Gill T, Sheth K, Falcone G. Genetic Analyses of Oral Health and Neuroimaging Markers of Brain Health in Persons without Stroke (S49.001). Neurology 2023, 100 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000202220.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Subclinical Cerebrovascular Disease: Epidemiology and Treatment
de Havenon A, Meyer C, McNally JS, Alexander M, Chung L. Subclinical Cerebrovascular Disease: Epidemiology and Treatment. Current Atherosclerosis Reports 2019, 21: 39. PMID: 31350593, PMCID: PMC8011954, DOI: 10.1007/s11883-019-0799-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical managementRisk factorsAggressive medical managementSilent brain infarctsOptimal medical treatmentVascular risk factorsDevelopment of dementiaBest medical managementImportant risk factorLate-life depressionCommon clinical scenariosWhite matter hyperintensitiesT2-weighted MRISusceptibility-weighted MRIEvidence-based approachBrain infarctsCerebral microbleedsCerebrovascular diseaseGait instabilityBrain healthClinical equipoiseWorse outcomesClinical trialsMatter hyperintensitiesEpidemiologic studies