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AGE- AND SEX-DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS IN COMMUNITY DWELLING OLDER ADULTS: TOWARDS PRECISION PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES
B.-A. Chen, W.-J. Lee, C.-P. Chung, L.-N. Peng, L.-K. Chen
J Prev Alz Dis 2023;1(10):104-111
Background: Studies have demonstrated associations between inflammatory biomarkers and cognitive function in people with dementia or stroke, but little is known regarding these associations in healthy middle-aged and older populations.
OBJECTIVES: This study aims to examine associations between inflammatory biomarkers (both vascular and systemic) and cognitive performance in stroke- and dementia-free middle-aged and older adults without apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE ε4) allele carriers.
DESIGN: A cross-sectional study.
SETTING: Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study (SEBAS) 2006.
PARTICIPANTS: A total of 983 participants aged 53 years and older.
MEASUREMENTS: Composite cognitive function assessment, including the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire, the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. Overnight venous blood sampling for 6 inflammatory biomarkers (C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, fibrinogen, homocysteine, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and E-selectin) and ApoE genotyping.
RESULTS: Among 983 participants (mean age: 65.8±9.5 years), 808 were non-ApoE e4 allele carriers and were stroke- and dementia-free. Higher log fibrinogen was associated with poorer cognitive function after adjustment for potential confounding factors in non-ApoE e4 allele carriers and stroke- and dementia-free populations (unstandardized coefficients β= -1.553, P value= 0.003). In participants aged 65 years or older, both of elevated fibrinogen and homocysteine were associated with poorer cognitive function (β= -2.288, P value= 0.015; β= -1.331, P value= 0.012, respectively). Elevated log CRP was significantly associated with lower cognitive function only in women (β= -0.514, P value= 0.024).
CONCLUSION: Higher serum levels of fibrinogen were negatively associated with cognitive function, which was independent of ApoE genotyping and prior cerebrovascular events in dementia-free community-dwelling older adults. Further studies are needed to validate the roles of fibrinogen in the pathophysiology of dementia and elucidate the underlying mechanisms.
CITATION:
B.-A. Chen ; W.-J. Lee ; C.-P. Chung ; L.-N. Peng ; L.-K. Chen ; (2022): Age- and Sex-Different Associations between Cognitive Performance and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Community Dwelling Older Adults: towards Precision Preventive Strategies. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease (JPAD). http://dx.doi.org/10.14283/jpad.2022.83