TY - JOUR
T1 - Prediction of dementia in MCI patients based on core diagnostic markers for Alzheimer disease
AU - Prestia, Annapaola
AU - Caroli, Anna
AU - Van Der Flier, Wiesje M.
AU - Ossenkoppele, Rik
AU - Van Berckel, Bart
AU - Barkhof, Frederik
AU - Teunissen, Charlotte E.
AU - Wall, Anders E.
AU - Carter, Stephen F.
AU - Schöll, Michael
AU - Choo, Il Han
AU - Nordberg, Agneta
AU - Scheltens, Philip
AU - Frisoni, Giovanni B.
PY - 2013/3/12
Y1 - 2013/3/12
N2 - Objectives: The current model of Alzheimer disease (AD) stipulates that brain amyloidosis biomarkers turn abnormal earliest, followed by cortical hypometabolism, and finally brain atrophy ones. The aim of this study is to provide clinical evidence of the model in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Methods: A total of 73 patients with MCI from 3 European memory clinics were included. Brain amyloidosis was assessed by CSF Aβ42 concentration, cortical metabolism by an index of temporoparietal hypometabolism on FDG-PET, and brain atrophy by automated hippocampal volume. Patients were divided into groups based on biomarker positivity: 1) Aβ42- FDG-PET- Hippo-, 2) Aβ42+ FDG-PET- Hippo-, 3) Aβ42 + FDG-PET + Hippo-, 4) Aβ42 + FDG-PET+ Hippo+, and 5) any other combination not in line with the model. Measures of validity were prevalence of group 5, increasing incidence of progression to dementia with increasing biological severity, and decreasing conversion time. Results: When patients with MCI underwent clinical follow-up, 29 progressed to dementia, while 44 remained stable. A total of 26% of patients were in group 5. Incident dementia was increasing with greater biological severity in groups 1 to 5 from 4% to 27%, 64%, and 100% (p for trend <0.0001), and occurred increasingly earlier (p for trend = 0.024). Conclusions: The core biomarker pattern is in line with the current pathophysiologic model of AD. Fully normal and fully abnormal pattern is associated with exceptional and universal development of dementia. Cases not in line might be due to atypical neurobiology or inaccurate thresholds for biomarker (ab)normality. © 2013 American Academy of Neurology.
AB - Objectives: The current model of Alzheimer disease (AD) stipulates that brain amyloidosis biomarkers turn abnormal earliest, followed by cortical hypometabolism, and finally brain atrophy ones. The aim of this study is to provide clinical evidence of the model in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Methods: A total of 73 patients with MCI from 3 European memory clinics were included. Brain amyloidosis was assessed by CSF Aβ42 concentration, cortical metabolism by an index of temporoparietal hypometabolism on FDG-PET, and brain atrophy by automated hippocampal volume. Patients were divided into groups based on biomarker positivity: 1) Aβ42- FDG-PET- Hippo-, 2) Aβ42+ FDG-PET- Hippo-, 3) Aβ42 + FDG-PET + Hippo-, 4) Aβ42 + FDG-PET+ Hippo+, and 5) any other combination not in line with the model. Measures of validity were prevalence of group 5, increasing incidence of progression to dementia with increasing biological severity, and decreasing conversion time. Results: When patients with MCI underwent clinical follow-up, 29 progressed to dementia, while 44 remained stable. A total of 26% of patients were in group 5. Incident dementia was increasing with greater biological severity in groups 1 to 5 from 4% to 27%, 64%, and 100% (p for trend <0.0001), and occurred increasingly earlier (p for trend = 0.024). Conclusions: The core biomarker pattern is in line with the current pathophysiologic model of AD. Fully normal and fully abnormal pattern is associated with exceptional and universal development of dementia. Cases not in line might be due to atypical neurobiology or inaccurate thresholds for biomarker (ab)normality. © 2013 American Academy of Neurology.
U2 - 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182872830
DO - 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182872830
M3 - Article
C2 - 23390179
SN - 0028-3878
VL - 80
SP - 1048
EP - 1056
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
IS - 11
ER -