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BMJ OPEN
Volume 9, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031947
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- NIA [U01 AG024904]
- Easton Consortium for Alzheimer's Drug Discovery and Biomarker Development - Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) (National Institutes of Health) [U01 AG024904]
- DOD ADNI (Department of Defense) [W81XWH-12-2-0012]
- National Institute on Aging
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
- Alzheimer's Association
- Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
- Araclon Biotech
- Biogen
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- CereSpir, Inc
- Cogstate
- Eisai Inc
- Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc
- Eli Lilly and Company
- EuroImmun
- F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
- Fujirebio
- IXICO Ltd
- Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development LLC
- Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
- Pfizer Inc
- Piramal Imaging
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- ADNI clinical sites in Canada
- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
- Northern California Institute for Research and Education
- Laboratory for Neuro Imaging at the University of Southern California
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Objective To investigate the relationship between amyloid burden and frequency of existing and incidence of new neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in elderly with and without cognitive decline. Methods 275 cognitively normal controls (NC), 100 subjective memory complaint (SMC), 559 mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 143 Alzheimer's disease dementia subjects from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative received (F-18)-florbetapir positron emission tomography (PET) scans. Yearly neuropsychiatric inventory (Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI)/NPI-Questionnaire) data were collected from the study partners at each visit. Mean standard uptake volume ratios (SUVR) normalised to whole cerebellum were obtained. Positive amyloid PET scan was defined as mean SUVR >= 1.17. Fisher's exact test was used to compare frequency and incidence between amyloid positive and amyloid negative subjects. Survival analyses were used to estimate of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) between amyloid positive and amyloid negative subjects. Survival analyses were used to estimate hazard ratios for developing the most common NPS by amyloid status. Results No differences in NPS frequency were seen between amyloid positive and amyloid negative NC, SMC, MCI or dementia groups. MCI subjects with amyloid pathology however tended to have greater frequency x severity (FxS) of anxiety, hallucinations, delusions, apathy, disinhibition, irritability, aberrant motor behavior, and appetite, but not agitation, depression, night-time disturbances, or elation. MCI subjects with amyloid pathology were at greater risk for developing apathy, anxiety and agitation over time. Baseline presence of agitation and apathy and new onset agitation, irritability and apathy predicted faster conversion to dementia among MCI subjects. Conclusions Amyloid pathology is associated with greater rate of development of new NPS in MCI. Anxiety and delusions are significant predictors of amyloid pathology. Agitation, irritability and apathy are significant predictors for conversion from MCI to dementia.
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