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Duara R, Loewenstein DA, Lizarraga G, Adjouadi M, Barker WW, Greig-Custo MT, Rosselli M, Penate A, Shea YF, Behar R, Ollarves A, Robayo C, Hanson K, Marsiske M, Burke S, Ertekin-Taner N, Vaillancourt D, De Santi S, Golde T, St D. Effect of age, ethnicity, sex, cognitive status and APOE genotype on amyloid load and the threshold for amyloid positivity. Neuroimage Clin 2019; 22:101800. [PMID: 30991618 PMCID: PMC6447735 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Revised: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
The threshold for amyloid positivity by visual assessment on PET has been validated by comparison to amyloid load measured histopathologically and biochemically at post mortem. As such, it is now feasible to use qualitative visual assessment of amyloid positivity as an in-vivo gold standard to determine those factors which can modify the quantitative threshold for amyloid positivity. We calculated quantitative amyloid load, measured as Standardized Uptake Value Ratios (SUVRs) using [18-F]florbetaben PET scans, for 159 Hispanic and non-Hispanic participants, who had been classified clinically as Cognitively Normal (CN), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or Dementia (DEM). PET scans were visually rated as amyloid positive (A+) or negative (A-), and these judgments were used as the gold standard with which to determine (using ROC analyses) the SUVR threshold for amyloid positivity considering factors such as age, ethnicity (Hispanic versus non-Hispanic), gender, cognitive status, and apolipoprotein E ε4 carrier status. Visually rated scans were A+ for 11% of CN, 39.0% of MCI and 70% of DEM participants. The optimal SUVR threshold for A+ among all participants was 1.42 (sensitivity = 94%; specificity = 92.5%), but this quantitative threshold was higher among E4 carriers (SUVR = 1.52) than non-carriers (SUVR = 1.31). While mean SUVRs did not differ between Hispanic and non-Hispanic participants;, a statistically significant interaction term indicated that the effect of E4 carrier status on amyloid load was greater among non-Hispanics than Hispanics. Visual assessment, as the gold standard for A+, facilitates determination of the effects of various factors on quantitative thresholds for amyloid positivity. A continuous relationship was found between amyloid load and global cognitive scores, suggesting that any calculated threshold for the whole group, or a subgroup, is artefactual and that the lowest calculated threshold may be optimal for the purposes of early diagnosis and intervention. Demographic factors did not affect the threshold for amyloid positivity. Cognitive status did not affect this threshold for amyloid positivity. APOE4 carriers had a higher threshold for amyloid positivity than non-carriers. Among APOE4 carriers, non-Hispanics had higher amyloid load than non- Hispanics. There was a continuous relationship between amyloid load and cognitive status.
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- R Duara
- Florida ADRC, USA; Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, USA; College of Engineering and Computing, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA; University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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- Florida ADRC, USA; Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, USA; Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Florida ADRC, USA; College of Engineering and Computing, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Florida ADRC, USA; College of Engineering and Computing, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Florida ADRC, USA; Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, USA
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- Florida ADRC, USA; Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, USA
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- Florida ADRC, USA; Florida Atlantic University, USA
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- Florida ADRC, USA; Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, USA
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- Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Florida ADRC, USA; Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, USA
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- Florida ADRC, USA; Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, USA
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- Florida ADRC, USA; Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, USA
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- Florida ADRC, USA; University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Florida ADRC, USA; University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA; University of Florida, College of Public Health and Health Professions, USA
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- Florida ADRC, USA; Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Florida, Department of Neurology, Jacksonville, FL, USA; Mayo Clinic Florida, Department of Neuroscience, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Florida ADRC, USA; University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Florida ADRC, USA; University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Florida ADRC, USA; University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Ollarves A, Dávila DF, Gottberg CF, Ramoni-Perazzi P. Serial heart rate changes in rats inoculated by conjunctival instillation of Trypanosoma cruzi obtained from bug faeces. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2000; 33:529-33. [PMID: 11175582 DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822000000600003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED The cardiac effects of experimentally induced myocarditis, when the parasite is obtained from mouse blood, are well known. However, the consequences of the infection when the parasites are obtained from bug faeces are less well defined. In the present investigation, we have used the "Y" strain of Trypanosoma cruzi, which was maintained in Rhodnius prolixus by repeated passages in mice. The faeces of 30 infected bugs were collected, the number of parasites counted and 4,000 parasites inoculated by the conjunctival route in 60 rats. Twenty-nine other rats received faeces from noninfected bugs (sham-inoculated controls) and 40 were used as normal controls. The heart rate of the three groups of animals was recorded under general anesthesia with ether. The heart rate, at day 0 pre-inoculation, was similar in the three groups of animals ( CONTROLS 379 +/- 27 beats/min Mean +/- SD; Sham-inoculated: 366 +/- 31; Infected: 351 +/- 29) (p> 0.05). In the infected animals, the mean heart rate began to increase significantly by day 12 following infection (375 +/- 31), reaching the highest values between days 18 (390 +/- 33) and 21 (403 +/- 33) and returned to baseline by day 30 (359 +/- 28) (p< 0.05). The heart rate changes were statistically different from those observed in the sham-inoculated controls and in the control animals. Therefore, these heart rate changes were provoked by the Trypanosoma cruzi-induced infection. Thus, it appears that irrespective of the source of the parasite and route of inoculation, Trypanosoma cruziacute infection provokes a transient sinus tachycardia.
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- A Ollarves
- Departamento de Biología, Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela
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