Bedda L Rosario1, Andrea L Rosso2, Howard J Aizenstein3, Tamara Harris4, Anne B Newman2, Suzanne Satterfield5, Stephanie A Studenski6, Kristine Yaffe7, Caterina Rosano2. 1. Department of Epidemiology and blr5@pitt.edu. 2. Department of Epidemiology and. 3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 4. Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. 5. Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. 6. Longitudinal Studies Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. 7. Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: White matter hyperintensities (WMH), a common marker of cerebral small vessel disease, and lower microstructural integrity of normal-appearing white matter are associated with slower gait. How these cerebral measures interact in relation to slower gait is unknown. We assessed whether microstructural integrity of normal-appearing white matter, measured by fractional anisotropy (FA), moderates the association of higher WMH with slower gait. METHODS: WMH, FA, and gait speed were acquired for 265 community-dwelling older adults (average age = 82.9 years). RESULTS: The inverse association between WMH and gait was robust to adjustment for age, gender, muscle strength, obesity, stroke, and hypertension (fully adjusted model: βs = -0.19, p = .001). The interaction between WMH and FA was significant; analyses stratified by FA showed that the inverse association between WMH and gait speed was significant only for those with low FA (FA < median, fully adjusted model: βs = -0.28, p = .001). Voxel-based results were similar for participants with FA less than median, there was an inverse association between gait speed and WMH which extended throughout the white matter (genu and body of corpus callosum, anterior limb of internal capsule, corona radiata, and superior longitudinal and fronto-occipital fasciculus). In contrast, for participants with FA ≥ median, the association was limited to the genu of corpus callosum, the cingulum, and the inferior longitudinal fasciculus. CONCLUSIONS: Microstructural integrity is a moderating factor in the association between WMH and gait. Future studies should examine whether higher microstructural integrity represents a source of compensation in those with greater WMH burden to maintain function in late life.
BACKGROUND: White matter hyperintensities (WMH), a common marker of cerebral small vessel disease, and lower microstructural integrity of normal-appearing white matter are associated with slower gait. How these cerebral measures interact in relation to slower gait is unknown. We assessed whether microstructural integrity of normal-appearing white matter, measured by fractional anisotropy (FA), moderates the association of higher WMH with slower gait. METHODS:WMH, FA, and gait speed were acquired for 265 community-dwelling older adults (average age = 82.9 years). RESULTS: The inverse association between WMH and gait was robust to adjustment for age, gender, muscle strength, obesity, stroke, and hypertension (fully adjusted model: βs = -0.19, p = .001). The interaction between WMH and FA was significant; analyses stratified by FA showed that the inverse association between WMH and gait speed was significant only for those with low FA (FA < median, fully adjusted model: βs = -0.28, p = .001). Voxel-based results were similar for participants with FA less than median, there was an inverse association between gait speed and WMH which extended throughout the white matter (genu and body of corpus callosum, anterior limb of internal capsule, corona radiata, and superior longitudinal and fronto-occipital fasciculus). In contrast, for participants with FA ≥ median, the association was limited to the genu of corpus callosum, the cingulum, and the inferior longitudinal fasciculus. CONCLUSIONS: Microstructural integrity is a moderating factor in the association between WMH and gait. Future studies should examine whether higher microstructural integrity represents a source of compensation in those with greater WMH burden to maintain function in late life.
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