TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations of Brain Structure With Adiposity and Changes in Adiposity in a Middle-Aged and Older Biracial Population
AU - Windham, B. Gwen
AU - Lirette, Seth T.
AU - Fornage, Myriam
AU - Benjamin, Emelia J.
AU - Parker, Kirby G.
AU - Turner, Stephen T.
AU - Jack, Clifford R.
AU - Griswold, Michael E.
AU - Mosley, Thomas H.
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - Background: Studies of adiposity and brain pathology in African Americans (AA) are sparse despite higher rates of obesity, dementia, and dementia-associated brain pathology in AA. This study examined relations of adiposity to white matter hyperintensities (WMH) and total brain volume (TBV) in AA and non-Hispanic whites (NHW).Methods: Waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) were measured in the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy study at Visits 1 (mean age 57 [±11]) and 2 (mean age 61 [±10], mean 5.2 years later). Brain MRIs were obtained shortly after Visit 2 in 1,702 participants (64% women, 48% AA). Multilevel linear regression using generalized estimating equation estimated associations of adiposity (cross-sectional) or adiposity changes with WMH (accounting for intracranial size) or TBV adjusting for demographics, cardiovascular risk factors, and incorporating adiposity-by-race interactions. Adiposity-by-age interactions were examined.Results: Concurrent TBV was inversely associated with BMI (β = -2.76 [95% confidence interval (CI): -4.99, -0.53]) and WC (β = -2.19 [CI: -4.04, -0.34]). Concurrent WMH were negatively associated with BMI (β = -0.04 [CI: -0.06, -0.01]) and, among NHW, with WC (β = -0.04 [CI: -0.06, -0.02]) but not with changes in BMI or WC. BMI increases were associated with lower TBV (β = -16.20, [CI: -30.34, -2.06]) in AA but not in NHW (β = -2.76 [CI: -14.02, 8.51]), although race-by-adiposity interactions were not supported. WC increases were not associated with MRI outcomes.Conclusion: Greater measures of obesity and increases in measures of obesity, which are common in mid-life, could be detrimental to brain health, particularly in AA.
AB - Background: Studies of adiposity and brain pathology in African Americans (AA) are sparse despite higher rates of obesity, dementia, and dementia-associated brain pathology in AA. This study examined relations of adiposity to white matter hyperintensities (WMH) and total brain volume (TBV) in AA and non-Hispanic whites (NHW).Methods: Waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) were measured in the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy study at Visits 1 (mean age 57 [±11]) and 2 (mean age 61 [±10], mean 5.2 years later). Brain MRIs were obtained shortly after Visit 2 in 1,702 participants (64% women, 48% AA). Multilevel linear regression using generalized estimating equation estimated associations of adiposity (cross-sectional) or adiposity changes with WMH (accounting for intracranial size) or TBV adjusting for demographics, cardiovascular risk factors, and incorporating adiposity-by-race interactions. Adiposity-by-age interactions were examined.Results: Concurrent TBV was inversely associated with BMI (β = -2.76 [95% confidence interval (CI): -4.99, -0.53]) and WC (β = -2.19 [CI: -4.04, -0.34]). Concurrent WMH were negatively associated with BMI (β = -0.04 [CI: -0.06, -0.01]) and, among NHW, with WC (β = -0.04 [CI: -0.06, -0.02]) but not with changes in BMI or WC. BMI increases were associated with lower TBV (β = -16.20, [CI: -30.34, -2.06]) in AA but not in NHW (β = -2.76 [CI: -14.02, 8.51]), although race-by-adiposity interactions were not supported. WC increases were not associated with MRI outcomes.Conclusion: Greater measures of obesity and increases in measures of obesity, which are common in mid-life, could be detrimental to brain health, particularly in AA.
KW - Longitudinal
KW - MRI
KW - Obesity
KW - Race
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U2 - 10.1093/gerona/glw239
DO - 10.1093/gerona/glw239
M3 - Article
C2 - 27994005
AN - SCOPUS:85027489006
SN - 1079-5006
VL - 72
SP - 825
EP - 831
JO - The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences
JF - The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences
IS - 6
ER -