Association of Vascular Risk Factors and Cerebrovascular Pathology With Alzheimer Disease Pathologic Changes in Individuals Without Dementia.

Vascular risk factors (VRFs) and cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD) are common in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). It remains unclear whether this coexistence reflects shared risk factors or a mechanistic relationship and whether vascular and amyloid pathologies have independent or synergistic influence on subsequent AD pathophysiology in preclinical stages. We investigated links between VRFs, cSVD, and amyloid levels (Aβ_1-42) and their combined effect on downstream AD biomarkers, that is, CSF hyperphosphorylated tau (P-tau₁₈₁), atrophy, and cognition.

• Publication date: Oct 2024
• Journal: Neurology
• Publication date: Lorenzini L, Maranzano A, Ingala S, Collij LE, Tranfa M, Blennow K, Di Perri C, Foley C, Fox NC, Frisoni GB, Haller S, Martinez-Lage P, Mollison D, O'Brien J, Payoux P, Ritchie C, Scheltens P, Schwarz AJ, Sudre CH, Tijms BM, Verde F, Ticozzi N, Silani V, Visser PJ, Waldman A, Wolz R, Chételat G, Ewers M, Wink AM, Mutsaerts H, Gispert JD, Wardlaw JM, Barkhof F
• ISSN: 1526-632X