2024
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 studyLife'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
2014
Dopamine Genetic Risk Score Predicts Depressive Symptoms in Healthy Adults and Adults with Depression
Pearson-Fuhrhop KM, Dunn EC, Mortero S, Devan WJ, Falcone GJ, Lee P, Holmes AJ, Hollinshead MO, Roffman JL, Smoller JW, Rosand J, Cramer SC. Dopamine Genetic Risk Score Predicts Depressive Symptoms in Healthy Adults and Adults with Depression. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e93772. PMID: 24834916, PMCID: PMC4023941, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093772.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic risk scoreRisk scoreHealthy adult participantsDepressive symptomatologyAdult participantsPathophysiology of depressionDopamine receptor bindingSynaptic dopamine availabilityDiscovery sampleReplication sampleDopamine-related genesDopamine metabolismMonoamine neurotransmissionDepressive symptomsDopamine neurotransmissionHealthy individualsHealthy adultsFunctional polymorphismsHuman disabilityDopamine availabilityReceptor bindingDepressionEtiologic insightsAdultsFurther studies