María M Corrada1, Joshua A Sonnen2, Ronald C Kim3, Claudia H Kawas4. 1. Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA. Electronic address: mcorrada@uci.edu. 2. Department of Pathology, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. 3. Department of Pathology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA. 4. Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA; Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: We estimated the prevalence of microinfarcts and their association with dementia in a cohort of oldest-old participants. METHODS: Participants were from The 90+ Study, a population-based study of people 90 years and older. Dementia diagnoses were assigned postmortem during a consensus conference. Microinfarcts were evaluated in six brain regions. RESULTS: At death, the 213 participants were on average 97 years old, 69% were women, and 52% had dementia. Of the participants, 51% had microinfarcts and 17% had 3+ microinfarcts. The odds ratio (OR) for dementia was similar for 3+ microinfarcts (OR = 4.75, P < .01) and tangle stage V-VI (OR = 4.70, P < .001). Only microinfarcts in cortical regions (other than occipital) were associated to dementia. DISCUSSION: In this oldest-old cohort, microinfarcts are common and contribute independently and similarly in magnitude to dementia as tangles. As risk factors for microinfarcts and other dementing pathologies are likely to differ, identifying these factors is crucial to developing prevention strategies for dementia in the oldest-old.
INTRODUCTION: We estimated the prevalence of microinfarcts and their association with dementia in a cohort of oldest-old participants. METHODS:Participants were from The 90+ Study, a population-based study of people 90 years and older. Dementia diagnoses were assigned postmortem during a consensus conference. Microinfarcts were evaluated in six brain regions. RESULTS: At death, the 213 participants were on average 97 years old, 69% were women, and 52% had dementia. Of the participants, 51% had microinfarcts and 17% had 3+ microinfarcts. The odds ratio (OR) for dementia was similar for 3+ microinfarcts (OR = 4.75, P < .01) and tangle stage V-VI (OR = 4.70, P < .001). Only microinfarcts in cortical regions (other than occipital) were associated to dementia. DISCUSSION: In this oldest-old cohort, microinfarcts are common and contribute independently and similarly in magnitude to dementia as tangles. As risk factors for microinfarcts and other dementing pathologies are likely to differ, identifying these factors is crucial to developing prevention strategies for dementia in the oldest-old.
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