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Journal Article | DKFZ-2022-00406 |
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2023
Wiley
Hoboken, NJ
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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1002/alz.12614
Abstract: Blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) are the future of AD risk assessment. The aim of this study was to determine the association between plasma-measured phosphorylated tau (p-tau181), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and neurofilament light (NfL) levels and risk of clinical AD incidence with consideration to the impact of cardiovascular health.Within a community-based cohort, biomarker levels were measured at baseline using single molecule array technology in 768 participants (aged 50-75) followed over 17 years. Associations among biomarkers and AD, vascular dementia, and mixed dementia incidence were assessed.GFAP was associated with clinical AD incidence even more than a decade before diagnosis (9-17 years), while p-tau181 and NfL were associated with more intermediate AD risk (within 9 years). Significant interaction was detected between cardiovascular health and p-tau181/NfL.GFAP may be an early AD biomarker increasing before p-tau181 and NfL and the effect modifying role of cardiovascular health should be considered in biomarker risk stratification.
Keyword(s): Alzheimer's disease ; blood biomarkers ; cardiovascular risk ; risk stratification ; vascular dementia
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