Association of Albuminuria With White Matter Hyperintensities Volume on Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Elderly Japanese　― The Hisayama Study ―

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  • Yamasaki Keisuke
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Hata Jun
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Center for Cohort Studies, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Furuta Yoshihiko
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Hirabayashi Naoki
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Ito Clinic, Kyushu University
  • Ohara Tomoyuki
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Yoshida Daigo
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Hirakawa Yoichiro
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Nakano Toshiaki
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Kitazono Takanari
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Center for Cohort Studies, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Ninomiya Toshiharu
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Center for Cohort Studies, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University

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Abstract

<p>Background:Both chronic kidney disease and brain white matter hyperintensities (WMH) are known to be risk factors of dementia and mortality.</p><p>Methods and Results:In 2012, 1,214 community-dwelling Japanese subjects aged ≥65 years underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and a comprehensive health examination. This study investigated associations of the urinary albumin : creatinine ratio (UACR) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) with the WMH volume to intracranial volume (WMHV : ICV) ratio, and the association of the combination of UACR and the WMHV : ICV ratio with cognitive decline and mortality risk. The geometric mean of the WMHV : ICV ratio was 0.223% in the entire study population, and increased significantly with higher UACR levels after adjusting for potential confounding factors (0.213% for normoalbuminuria, 0.248% for microalbuminuria, and 0.332% for macroalbuminuria; Ptrend=0.01). In contrast, there was no clear association between eGFR and the WMHV : ICV ratio. Compared with subjects with normoalbuminuria and a smaller WMHV : ICV ratio (<0.257% [median]), subjects with albuminuria and a larger WMHV : ICV ratio (≥0.257%) had higher probabilities of cognitive decline at baseline and all-cause death during the follow-up.</p><p>Conclusions:This study suggests that subjects with albuminuria have a greater risk of WMH enlargement and that the combination of albuminuria and WMH enlargement increases the risk of cognitive decline and all-cause mortality in an elderly Japanese population.</p>

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  • Circulation Journal

    Circulation Journal 84 (6), 935-942, 2020-05-25

    The Japanese Circulation Society

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