Recent literature highlights the importance of identifying factors associated with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Actual validated biomarkers include neuroimaging and cerebrospinal fluid assessments; however, we investigated non-Aβ-dependent factors associated with dementia in 12 MCI and 30 AD patients. Patients were assessed for global cognitive function (Mini-Mental state examination-MMSE), physical function (Physical Performance Test-PPT), exercise capacity (6-min walking test-6MWT), maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂max), brain volume, vascular function (flow-mediated dilation-FMD), inflammatory status (tumor necrosis factor-α ,TNF- α, interleukin-6, -10 and -15) and neurotrophin receptors (p75NTR and Tropomyosin receptor kinase A -TrkA). Baseline multifactorial information was submitted to two separate backward stepwise regression analyses to identify the variables associated with cognitive and physical decline in demented patients. A multivariate regression was then applied to verify the stepwise regression. The results indicated that the combination of 6MWT and VO₂max was associated with both global cognitive and physical function (MMSE = 11.384 + (0.00599 × 6MWT) - (0.235 × VO₂max)); (PPT = 1.848 + (0.0264 × 6MWT) + (19.693 × VO₂max)). These results may offer important information that might help to identify specific targets for therapeutic strategies (NIH Clinical trial identification number NCT03034746).

Non-Aβ-dependent factors associated with global cognitive and physical function in alzheimer's disease: a pilot multivariate analysis / Pedrinolla, Anna; Venturelli, Massimo; Tamburin, Stefano; Fonte, Cristina; Stabile, Anna Maria; Galazzo, Ilaria Boscolo; Ghinassi, Barbara; Venneri, Mary Anna; Pizzini, Francesca Benedetta; Muti, Ettore; Smania, Nicola; Di Baldassarre, Angela; Naro, Fabio; Rende, Mario; Schena, Federico. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 2077-0383. - 8:2(2019), pp. 1-12. [10.3390/jcm8020224]

Non-Aβ-dependent factors associated with global cognitive and physical function in alzheimer's disease: a pilot multivariate analysis

Venneri, Mary Anna;Naro, Fabio;
2019

Abstract

Recent literature highlights the importance of identifying factors associated with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Actual validated biomarkers include neuroimaging and cerebrospinal fluid assessments; however, we investigated non-Aβ-dependent factors associated with dementia in 12 MCI and 30 AD patients. Patients were assessed for global cognitive function (Mini-Mental state examination-MMSE), physical function (Physical Performance Test-PPT), exercise capacity (6-min walking test-6MWT), maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂max), brain volume, vascular function (flow-mediated dilation-FMD), inflammatory status (tumor necrosis factor-α ,TNF- α, interleukin-6, -10 and -15) and neurotrophin receptors (p75NTR and Tropomyosin receptor kinase A -TrkA). Baseline multifactorial information was submitted to two separate backward stepwise regression analyses to identify the variables associated with cognitive and physical decline in demented patients. A multivariate regression was then applied to verify the stepwise regression. The results indicated that the combination of 6MWT and VO₂max was associated with both global cognitive and physical function (MMSE = 11.384 + (0.00599 × 6MWT) - (0.235 × VO₂max)); (PPT = 1.848 + (0.0264 × 6MWT) + (19.693 × VO₂max)). These results may offer important information that might help to identify specific targets for therapeutic strategies (NIH Clinical trial identification number NCT03034746).
2019
mild cognitive impairment; alzheimer's disease; global cognitive function; maximal oxygen uptake; physical function; exercise capacity; maximal oxygen uptake; brain volume; vascular function; TNF- α, interleukin-6; interleukin-10; interleukin-15; neurotrophin receptors
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Non-Aβ-dependent factors associated with global cognitive and physical function in alzheimer's disease: a pilot multivariate analysis / Pedrinolla, Anna; Venturelli, Massimo; Tamburin, Stefano; Fonte, Cristina; Stabile, Anna Maria; Galazzo, Ilaria Boscolo; Ghinassi, Barbara; Venneri, Mary Anna; Pizzini, Francesca Benedetta; Muti, Ettore; Smania, Nicola; Di Baldassarre, Angela; Naro, Fabio; Rende, Mario; Schena, Federico. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 2077-0383. - 8:2(2019), pp. 1-12. [10.3390/jcm8020224]
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