Barry I Freedman1, Kaycee M Sink2, Christina E Hugenschmidt2, Timothy M Hughes2, Jeff D Williamson2, Christopher T Whitlow3, Nicholette D Palmer4, Michael E Miller5, Laura C Lovato5, Jianzhao Xu4, S Carrie Smith4, Lenore J Launer6, Joshua I Barzilay7, Robert M Cohen8, Mark D Sullivan9, R Nick Bryan10, Benjamin C Wagner11, Donald W Bowden4, Joseph A Maldjian11, Jasmin Divers5. 1. Section on Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. Electronic address: bfreedma@wakehealth.edu. 2. Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. 3. Department of Radiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. 4. Department of Biochemistry and Center for Diabetes Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. 5. Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. 6. National Institute on Aging, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. 7. Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta, GA. 8. Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH. 9. Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 10. Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. 11. Advanced Neuroscience Imaging Research (ANSIR) Laboratory, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Relationships between early kidney disease, neurocognitive function, and brain anatomy are poorly defined in African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional associations were assessed between cerebral anatomy and cognitive performance with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and urine albumin-creatinine ratio (UACR) in African Americans with T2DM. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS: African Americans with cognitive testing and cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the African American-Diabetes Heart Study Memory in Diabetes (AA-DHS MIND; n=512; 480 with MRI) and Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) MIND (n=484; 104 with MRI) studies. PREDICTORS: eGFR (CKD-EPI creatinine equation), spot UACR. MEASUREMENTS: MRI-based cerebral white matter volume (WMV), gray matter volume (GMV), and white matter lesion volume; cognitive performance (Mini-Mental State Examination, Digit Symbol Coding, Stroop Test, and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test). Multivariable models adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, scanner, intracranial volume, education, diabetes duration, hemoglobin A1c concentration, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration, smoking, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease were used to test for associations between kidney phenotypes and the brain in each study; a meta-analysis was performed. RESULTS: Mean participant age was 60.1±7.9 (SD) years; diabetes duration, 12.1±7.7 years; hemoglobin A1c concentration, 8.3%±1.7%; eGFR, 88.7±21.6mL/min/1.73m2; and UACR, 119.2±336.4mg/g. In the fully adjusted meta-analysis, higher GMV associated with lower UACR (P<0.05), with a trend toward association with higher eGFR. Higher white matter lesion volume was associated with higher UACR (P<0.05) and lower eGFR (P<0.001). WMV was not associated with either kidney parameter. Higher UACR was associated with lower Digit Symbol Coding performance (P<0.001) and a trend toward association with higher Stroop interference; eGFR was not associated with cognitive tests. LIMITATIONS: Cross-sectional; single UACR measurement. CONCLUSIONS: In African Americans with T2DM, mildly high UACR and mildly low eGFR were associated with smaller GMV and increased white matter lesion volume. UACR was associated with poorer processing speed and working memory.
BACKGROUND: Relationships between early kidney disease, neurocognitive function, and brain anatomy are poorly defined in African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional associations were assessed between cerebral anatomy and cognitive performance with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and urine albumin-creatinine ratio (UACR) in African Americans with T2DM. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS: African Americans with cognitive testing and cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the African American-Diabetes Heart Study Memory in Diabetes (AA-DHS MIND; n=512; 480 with MRI) and Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) MIND (n=484; 104 with MRI) studies. PREDICTORS: eGFR (CKD-EPI creatinine equation), spot UACR. MEASUREMENTS: MRI-based cerebral white matter volume (WMV), gray matter volume (GMV), and white matter lesion volume; cognitive performance (Mini-Mental State Examination, Digit Symbol Coding, Stroop Test, and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test). Multivariable models adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, scanner, intracranial volume, education, diabetes duration, hemoglobin A1c concentration, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration, smoking, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease were used to test for associations between kidney phenotypes and the brain in each study; a meta-analysis was performed. RESULTS: Mean participant age was 60.1±7.9 (SD) years; diabetes duration, 12.1±7.7 years; hemoglobin A1c concentration, 8.3%±1.7%; eGFR, 88.7±21.6mL/min/1.73m2; and UACR, 119.2±336.4mg/g. In the fully adjusted meta-analysis, higher GMV associated with lower UACR (P<0.05), with a trend toward association with higher eGFR. Higher white matter lesion volume was associated with higher UACR (P<0.05) and lower eGFR (P<0.001). WMV was not associated with either kidney parameter. Higher UACR was associated with lower Digit Symbol Coding performance (P<0.001) and a trend toward association with higher Stroop interference; eGFR was not associated with cognitive tests. LIMITATIONS: Cross-sectional; single UACR measurement. CONCLUSIONS: In African Americans with T2DM, mildly high UACR and mildly low eGFR were associated with smaller GMV and increased white matter lesion volume. UACR was associated with poorer processing speed and working memory.
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