What metabolic syndrome contributes to brain outcomes in African Americans and Caucasian cohorts

Lamar, Melissa; Rubin, Leah; Ajilore, Olusola; Charlton, Rebecca A; Zhang, Aifeng; Yang, Shaolin; Cohen, Jamie and Kumar, Anand. 2015. What metabolic syndrome contributes to brain outcomes in African Americans and Caucasian cohorts. Current Alzheimer Research, 12(7), pp. 640-647. ISSN 1567-2050 [Article]

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Metabolic syndrome (MetS), i.e., meeting criteria for any three of the following: hyperglycemia, hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, low high-density lipoprotein and/or abdominal obesity, is associated with negative health outcomes. For example, MetS negatively impacts cognition; however, less is known about incremental MetS risk, i.e., meeting 1 or 2 as opposed to 3 or more criteria. We hypothesized incremental MetS risk would negatively contribute to cognition and relevant neuroanatomy, e.g., memory and hippocampal volumes, and that this risk extends to affective functioning. 119 non-demented/non-depressed participants (age=60.1+12.9;~50% African American) grouped by incremental MetS risk-no (0 criteria met), low (1-2 criteria met), or high (3+ criteria met)-were compared across cognition, affect and relevant neuroanatomy using multivariable linear regressions. Exploratory analyses, stratified by race, consider the role of health disparities in disease severity of individual MetS component (e.g., actual blood pressure readings) on significant results from primary analyses. Incremental MetS risk contributed to depressive symptomatology (no<low<high), learning and memory performance (no>low=high) after controlling for age, race (n.s.) and IQ. Different indices of disease severity contributed to different aspects of brain structure and function by race providing empirical support for future studies of the impact distinct health disparities in vascular risk have on brain aging. MetS compromised mood, cognition and hippocampal structure with incremental risk applying to some but not all of these outcomes. Care providers may wish to monitor a broader spectrum of risk including components of MetS like blood pressure and cholesterol levels when considering brain-behavior relationships in adults from diverse populations.

Item Type:

Article

Identification Number (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.2174/1567205012666150701102325

Keywords:

Affect, aging, cognition, health disparities, metabolic syndrome, neuroanatomy, vascular risk

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Psychology

Dates:

DateEvent
2015Published
15 March 2015Accepted

Item ID:

17039

Date Deposited:

07 Aug 2017 12:20

Last Modified:

29 Apr 2020 16:29

Peer Reviewed:

Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/17039

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