Association between brain health outcomes and metabolic risk factors in persons with diabetes

Evan L. Reynolds, Kristen Votruba, Clifford R. Jack, Richard Beare, Robert I. Reid, Gregory M. Preboske, Camille Waseta, Rodica Pop-Busui, Robert G. Nelson, Brian C. Callaghan, Eva L. Feldman

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Abstract

We performed a cross-sectional study to determine associations between cognition and MRI-derived brain outcomes, with obesity, diabetes duration, and metabolic risk factors in 51 Pima American Indians with longstanding type 2 diabetes (T2d) (mean [SD] age: 48.4 [11.3] years, T2d duration: 20.1 [9.1] years). Participants had similar cognition (NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery composite: 45.3 [9.8], p = 0.64, n = 51) compared to normative data. T2d duration, but not other metabolic risk factors, associated with decreased cortical thickness (Point Estimate (PE): −0.0061, 95%CI: −0.0113, −0.0009, n = 45), gray matter volume (PE: −830.39, 95%CI: −1503.14, −157.64, n = 45), and increased white matter hyperintensity volume (PE: 0.0389, 95%CI: 0.0049, 0.0729, n = 45).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1891-1898
Number of pages8
JournalAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
Volume10
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2023

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