Risk factors for earlier dementia onset in autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's disease, mixed Alzheimer's with Lewy bodies, and pure Lewy body disease.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-2020
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Clinical Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies often have mixed AD and Lewy pathology, making it difficult to delineate risk factors.
METHODS: Six risk factors for earlier dementia onset due to autopsy-confirmed AD (n = 647), mixed AD and Lewy body disease (AD + LBD; n = 221), and LBD (n = 63) were entered into multiple linear regressions using data from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center.
RESULTS: In AD and AD + LBD, male sex and apolipoprotein E (APOE) ɛ4 alleles each predicted a 2- to 3-year-earlier onset and depression predicted a 3-year-earlier onset. In LBD, higher education predicted earlier onset and depression predicted a 5.5-year-earlier onset.
DISCUSSION: Male sex and APOE ɛ4 alleles increase risk for earlier dementia onset in AD but not LBD. Depression increases risk for earlier dementia onset in AD, LBD, and AD + LBD, but evaluating the course, treatment, and severity is needed in future studies.
Volume
16
Issue
3
First Page
524
Last Page
530
ISSN
1552-5279
Published In/Presented At
Schaffert J, LoBue C, White CL 3rd, Wilmoth K, Didehbani N, Lacritz L, Nguyen T, Peters ME, Fields L, Li C, Cullum CM. Risk factors for earlier dementia onset in autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's disease, mixed Alzheimer's with Lewy bodies, and pure Lewy body disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2020 Mar;16(3):524-530. doi: 10.1002/alz.12049. Epub 2020 Feb 11. PMID: 32043803; PMCID: PMC7067630.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Psychiatry
PubMedID
32043803
Department(s)
Department of Psychiatry
Document Type
Article