TY - JOUR
T1 - Cerebral vascular reactivity in frail older adults with vascular cognitive impairment
AU - Aguilar-Navarro, Sara G.
AU - Mimenza-Alvarado, Alberto José
AU - Corona-Sevilla, Isaac
AU - Jiménez-Castillo, Gilberto A.
AU - Juárez-Cedillo, Teresa
AU - Ávila-Funes, José Alberto
AU - Román, Gustavo C.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This project was supported by a grant from the “Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT)” (S0008-2017-1-290406). The funding had no role in the design, results, or interpretation of data.
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PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - Background: Frailty, a state of increased vulnerability, could play a role in the progression of vascular dementia. We aim to describe the changes in cerebrovascular reactivity of older adults with frailty and vascular-type mild cognitive impairment (MCIv). Methods: This was a cross-sectional study.Acomprehensive geriatric assessment, neuropsychological evaluation, and transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) was performed on 180 participants who were allocated into four groups: healthy (n = 74), frail (n = 40), MCIv (n = 35), and mixed (frail + MCIv) (n = 31). ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for the analysis of continuous variables with and without normal distribution. Multinomial logistic regression was constructed to identify associated covariates. Results: Subjects in the mixed group, compared to healthy group, were older (75.0 ± 5.9 vs 70.3 ± 5.9 years; p < 0.001), showed lower education (9.3 ± 6.4 vs 12.2 ± 4.0 years; p = 0.054), greater frequency of diabetes (42% vs 12%; p = 0.005), worse cognitive performance (z = -0.81 ± 0.94), and reduced left medial-cerebral artery cerebrovascular reactivity (0.43 ± 0.42 cm/s). The mixed group was associated with age (odds ratio (OR) 1.16, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 1.06-1.27; p < 0.001), diabetes (OR 6.28, 1.81-21.84; p = 0.004), and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) score (OR 1.34, 95% CI = 1.09-1.67; p = 0.007). Conclusions: Frailty among older adults was associated with worse cognitive performance, diabetes, and decreased cerebral blood flow.
AB - Background: Frailty, a state of increased vulnerability, could play a role in the progression of vascular dementia. We aim to describe the changes in cerebrovascular reactivity of older adults with frailty and vascular-type mild cognitive impairment (MCIv). Methods: This was a cross-sectional study.Acomprehensive geriatric assessment, neuropsychological evaluation, and transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) was performed on 180 participants who were allocated into four groups: healthy (n = 74), frail (n = 40), MCIv (n = 35), and mixed (frail + MCIv) (n = 31). ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for the analysis of continuous variables with and without normal distribution. Multinomial logistic regression was constructed to identify associated covariates. Results: Subjects in the mixed group, compared to healthy group, were older (75.0 ± 5.9 vs 70.3 ± 5.9 years; p < 0.001), showed lower education (9.3 ± 6.4 vs 12.2 ± 4.0 years; p = 0.054), greater frequency of diabetes (42% vs 12%; p = 0.005), worse cognitive performance (z = -0.81 ± 0.94), and reduced left medial-cerebral artery cerebrovascular reactivity (0.43 ± 0.42 cm/s). The mixed group was associated with age (odds ratio (OR) 1.16, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 1.06-1.27; p < 0.001), diabetes (OR 6.28, 1.81-21.84; p = 0.004), and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) score (OR 1.34, 95% CI = 1.09-1.67; p = 0.007). Conclusions: Frailty among older adults was associated with worse cognitive performance, diabetes, and decreased cerebral blood flow.
KW - Cerebral vascular reactivity
KW - Diabetes
KW - Frailty;mildvascular cognitive impairment
KW - Neuropsychological tests
KW - Older adults
KW - Transcranial doppler ultrasound
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U2 - 10.3390/brainsci9090214
DO - 10.3390/brainsci9090214
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85073366471
VL - 9
JO - Brain Sciences
JF - Brain Sciences
IS - 9
M1 - 214
ER -