| Title: | Association of SBP and BMI with cognitive and structural brain phenotypes in UK Biobank. |
| Journal: | Journal of Hypertension |
| Published: | 16 Jul 2020 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32665523/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1097/hjh.0000000000002579 |
| URL: | https://journals.lww.com/jhypertension/Fulltext/2020/12000/Association_of_SBP_and_BMI_with_cognitive_and.22.aspx |
Publication 3404
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To test for associations between SBP and BMI, with domain-specific cognitive abilities and examine which brain structural phenotypes mediate those associations.</p>
METHODS: Using cross-sectional UK Biobank data (final N = 28 412), we examined SBP/BMI vs. cognitive test scores of pairs-matching, matrix completion, trail making test A/B, digit symbol substitution, verbal-numerical reasoning, tower rearranging and simple reaction time. We adjusted for potential confounders of age, sex, deprivation, medication, apolipoprotein e4 genotype, smoking, population stratification and genotypic array. We tested for mediation via multiple structural brain imaging phenotypes and corrected for multiple testing with false discovery rate.</p>
RESULTS: We found positive associations for higher BMI with worse reaction time, reasoning, tower rearranging and matrix completion tasks by 0.024-0.067 SDs per BMI SD (all P < 0.001). Higher SBP was associated with worse reasoning (0.034 SDs) and matrix completion scores (-0.024 SDs; both P < 0.001). Both BMI and SBP were associated with multiple brain structural metrics including total grey/white matter volumes, frontal lobe volumes, white matter tract integrity and white matter hyperintensity volumes: specific metrics mediated around one-third of the associations with cognition.</p>
CONCLUSION: Our findings add to the body of evidence that addressing cardiovascular risk factors may also preserve cognitive function, via specific aspects of brain structure.</p>
16 Keywords
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Biological Specimen Banks
- Blood Pressure
- Body Mass Index
- Brain
- Cognition
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Phenotype
- United Kingdom
- Young Adult
14 Authors
- Amy C Ferguson
- Rachana Tank
- Laura M Lyall
- Joey Ward
- Paul Welsh
- Carlos Celis-Morales
- Ross McQueenie
- Rona J Strawbridge
- Daniel F Mackay
- Jill P Pell
- Daniel J Smith
- Naveed Sattar
- Jonathan Cavanagh
- Donald M Lyall
1 Application
| Application ID | Title |
|---|---|
| 17689 | Genetic, environmental and lifestyle predictors of brain/cognitive-related outcomes. |
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