Cortical and frontal atrophy are associated with cognitive impairment in age-related confluent white-matter lesion
- 8 September 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 82 (1), 52-57
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2009.201665
Abstract
Objective Although age-related confluent white-matter lesion (WML) is an important substrate for cognitive impairment, the mechanisms whereby WML induces cognitive impairment are uncertain. The authors investigated cognitive predictors in patients with confluent WML. Methods Among 100 patients with ischaemic stroke with confluent WML on MRI, the authors assessed executive function and global cognition by the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale—Initiation/Perseveration Subscale (MDRS I/P) and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), respectively. All volumetric measures were corrected for intracranial volume. The authors investigated the association between basic demography, vascular risk factors, APOE status, WML volume, infarct measures (volume, number, location), microbleed number, atrophy measures (global, central, regional) and cognitive performance. The authors also performed Pittsburgh Compound B (PIB) imaging among seven cognitive impaired patients with stroke. Results WML was no longer related to cognitive performance after adding atrophy into regression equations. Multivariate regression models showed that cortical grey matter volume independently accounted for performance on both the MDRS I/P (β=0.241, p=0.045) and MMSE (β=0.243, p=0.032). Models examining frontal subregions revealed that volumes of both left (β=0.424, pConclusions Cognitive impairment in patients with confluent WML is mediated by global and frontal cortical atrophy.Keywords
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