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 participantsBrain Health Outcomes in Sexual and Gender Minority Groups: Results From the All of Us Research Program.
Huo S, Rivier C, Clocchiatti-Tuozzo S, Renedo D, Sunmonu N, de Havenon A, Sarpong D, Rosendale N, Sheth K, Falcone G. Brain Health Outcomes in Sexual and Gender Minority Groups: Results From the All of Us Research Program. Neurology 2024, 103: e209863. PMID: 39321407, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209863.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain health outcomesSexual minoritiesGender minoritiesSGM groupHealth outcomesSGM personsLate-life depressionGender identitySexual orientationHigher odds of dementiaUS population-based studyElectronic health record dataOdds of dementiaHealth record dataGender minority groupsPopulation-based studyOdds of strokeCross-sectional studyMultivariate logistic regressionHealth disparitiesBaseline questionnaireNon-SGMSubgroups of genderTransgender womenUS adults
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