Yeo Jin Kim1, Hun Ki Kwon1, Jong Min Lee1, Hanna Cho1, Hee Jin Kim1, Hee Kyung Park1, Na-Yeon Jung1, Jin San Lee1, Juyoun Lee1, Young Kyoung Jang1, Sung Tae Kim1, Kyung Han Lee1, Yearn Seong Choe1, Yun Joong Kim1, Duk L Na1, Sang Won Seo2. 1. From the Department of Neurology (Y.J.K., H.J.K., N.-Y.J., J.S.L., J.L., Y.K.J., D.L.N., S.W.S.), Neuroscience Center (Y.J.K., H.J.K., N.-Y.J., J.S.L., J.L., Y.K.J., D.L.N., S.W.S.), and Nuclear Medicine (K.H.L., Y.S.C.), Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine; Department of Biomedical Engineering (H.K.K., J.M.L.), Hanyang University; Department of Neurology (H.C.), Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Neurology (H.K.P.), Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang; and Radiology (S.T.K.) and Department of Neurology (Y.J.K.), Hallym University, Gangwon-do,Korea. 2. From the Department of Neurology (Y.J.K., H.J.K., N.-Y.J., J.S.L., J.L., Y.K.J., D.L.N., S.W.S.), Neuroscience Center (Y.J.K., H.J.K., N.-Y.J., J.S.L., J.L., Y.K.J., D.L.N., S.W.S.), and Nuclear Medicine (K.H.L., Y.S.C.), Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine; Department of Biomedical Engineering (H.K.K., J.M.L.), Hanyang University; Department of Neurology (H.C.), Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Neurology (H.K.P.), Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang; and Radiology (S.T.K.) and Department of Neurology (Y.J.K.), Hallym University, Gangwon-do,Korea. sangwonseo@empal.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the topographic changes of white matter (WM) integrity and cortical thickness related to gait disturbances and determine whether these neural correlates mediate the association between cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) and gait disturbances. METHODS: A total of 129 patients with subcortical vascular cognitive impairment were included. CSVD severity was quantified as global and regional WM hyperintensities (WMH) volume and lacune and microbleed numbers. Amyloid burdens were assessed using Pittsburgh compound B (PiB)-PET scanning. Gait score was measured using a standardized scale. WM integrity was assessed by applying tract-based spatial statistics. Cortical thickness was measured using surface-based methods. Path analysis for gait score was performed using regional CSVD markers as predictors and fractional anisotropy (FA) and cortical thickness as mediators. RESULTS: Periventricular WMH (PWMH) volume was associated with gait score, regardless of other CSVD. PiB retention ratio was not associated with gait score. Gait score was correlated with FA in the frontal and parietal WM and bilateral corpus callosum and with cortical thinning in the bilateral frontal and lateral temporo-parieto-occipital regions. Path analysis for gait score showed that PWMH contributed to gait disturbances with the mediation of mean FA or cortical thickness. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that WMH-related cortical thinning as well as disrupted integrity of periventricular WM is linked to gait disturbances.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the topographic changes of white matter (WM) integrity and cortical thickness related to gait disturbances and determine whether these neural correlates mediate the association between cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) and gait disturbances. METHODS: A total of 129 patients with subcortical vascular cognitive impairment were included. CSVD severity was quantified as global and regional WM hyperintensities (WMH) volume and lacune and microbleed numbers. Amyloid burdens were assessed using Pittsburgh compound B (PiB)-PET scanning. Gait score was measured using a standardized scale. WM integrity was assessed by applying tract-based spatial statistics. Cortical thickness was measured using surface-based methods. Path analysis for gait score was performed using regional CSVD markers as predictors and fractional anisotropy (FA) and cortical thickness as mediators. RESULTS: Periventricular WMH (PWMH) volume was associated with gait score, regardless of other CSVD. PiB retention ratio was not associated with gait score. Gait score was correlated with FA in the frontal and parietal WM and bilateral corpus callosum and with cortical thinning in the bilateral frontal and lateral temporo-parieto-occipital regions. Path analysis for gait score showed that PWMH contributed to gait disturbances with the mediation of mean FA or cortical thickness. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that WMH-related cortical thinning as well as disrupted integrity of periventricular WM is linked to gait disturbances.
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