Carotid intima media thickness and white matter hyperintensity volume among midlife women. 2023

Rebecca C Thurston, and Minjie Wu, and Emma Barinas-Mitchell, and Yuefang Chang, and Howard Aizenstein, and Carol A Derby, and Pauline M Maki
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Carotid atherosclerosis may be associated with brain white matter hyperintensities (WMH). Few studies consider women at midlife, a critical time for women's cardiovascular and brain health. We tested the hypothesis that higher carotid intima media thickness (IMT) would be associated with greater WMH volume (WMHV) among midlife women. We explored interactions by apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 status. Two hundred thirty-nine women aged 45 to 67 underwent carotid artery ultrasound, phlebotomy, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). One hundred seventy participants had undergone an ultrasound 5 years earlier. Higher IMT was associated with greater whole brain (B[standard error (SE)] = 0.77 [.31], P = 0.01; multivariable) and periventricular (B[SE] = 0.80 [.30], P = 0.008; multivariable) WMHV. Associations were observed for IMT assessed contemporaneously with the MRI and 5 years prior to the MRI. Associations were strongest for APOE ε4-positive women. Among midlife women, higher IMT was associated with greater WMHV. Vascular risk is critical to midlife brain health, particularly for APOE ε4-positive women.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002340 Carotid Artery Diseases Pathological conditions involving the CAROTID ARTERIES, including the common, internal, and external carotid arteries. ATHEROSCLEROSIS and TRAUMA are relatively frequent causes of carotid artery pathology. Carotid Atherosclerosis,Common Carotid Artery Disease,Internal Carotid Artery Disease,Arterial Diseases, Carotid,Arterial Diseases, Common Carotid,Arterial Diseases, External Carotid,Arterial Diseases, Internal Carotid,Atherosclerotic Disease, Carotid,Carotid Artery Disorders,Carotid Atherosclerotic Disease,Common Carotid Artery Diseases,External Carotid Artery Diseases,Internal Carotid Artery Diseases,Arterial Disease, Carotid,Artery Disease, Carotid,Artery Diseases, Carotid,Artery Disorder, Carotid,Artery Disorders, Carotid,Atherosclerotic Diseases, Carotid,Carotid Arterial Disease,Carotid Arterial Diseases,Carotid Artery Disease,Carotid Artery Disorder,Carotid Atheroscleroses,Carotid Atherosclerotic Diseases,Disorders, Carotid Artery
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012307 Risk Factors An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent. Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D053327 Apolipoprotein E4 A major and the second most common isoform of apolipoprotein E. In humans, Apo E4 differs from APOLIPOPROTEIN E3 at only one residue 112 (cysteine is replaced by arginine), and exhibits a lower resistance to denaturation and greater propensity to form folded intermediates. Apo E4 is a risk factor for ALZHEIMER DISEASE and CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES. Apo E epsilon 4,Apo E-4,Apo E4,ApoE4,Apolipoprotein E-4,Apo E 4,Apolipoprotein E 4
D059168 Carotid Intima-Media Thickness A measurement of the thickness of the carotid artery walls. It is measured by B-mode ULTRASONOGRAPHY and is used as a surrogate marker for ATHEROSCLEROSIS. Carotid Intima Media Thickness,Intima-Media Thickness, Carotid
D066127 White Matter The region of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that appears lighter in color than the other type, GRAY MATTER. It mainly consists of MYELINATED NERVE FIBERS and contains few neuronal cell bodies or DENDRITES. Cerebellar White Matter,Cerebellar White Matters,Matter, Cerebellar White,Matter, White,Matters, Cerebellar White,Matters, White,White Matter, Cerebellar,White Matters,White Matters, Cerebellar

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