Vascular dementia risk factors: The role of /INS;diabetes and hypertension among younger-old and older-old patients

2013 ◽  
Vol 333 ◽  
pp. e307-e308
Author(s):  
T. Zandi
2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juhyun Song ◽  
Won Taek Lee ◽  
Kyung Ah Park ◽  
Jong Eun Lee

Vascular dementia is caused by various factors, including increased age, diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and stroke. Adiponectin is an adipokine secreted by adipose tissue. Adiponectin is widely known as a regulating factor related to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Adiponectin plasma levels decrease with age. Decreased adiponectin increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Adiponectin improves hypertension and atherosclerosis by acting as a vasodilator and antiatherogenic factor. Moreover, adiponectin is involved in cognitive dysfunction via modulation of insulin signal transduction in the brain. Case-control studies demonstrate the association between low adiponectin and increased risk of stroke, hypertension, and diabetes. This review summarizes the recent findings on the association between risk factors for vascular dementia and adiponectin. To emphasize this relationship, we will discuss the importance of research regarding the role of adiponectin in vascular dementia.


CNS Spectrums ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 824-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramit Ravona-Springer ◽  
Michael Davidson ◽  
Shlomo Noy

ABSTRACTThe distinction between Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, the two most common types of dementia, has been undermined by recent advances in epidemiologic, clinical, imaging, and neuropathological studies. Cardiovascular risk factors, traditionally regarded as distinguishing criteria between the two entities, have been shown to be associated with both AD and vascular dementia. In this article, we propose mechanisms of action of cardiovascular risk factors in AD, suggest possible explanations for the overlap with vascular dementia and discuss the implications this might have on future differential diagnosis, research, and treatment strategies.


1997 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Rockwood

With reconsideration of the role of vascular risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD; Gorelick et al., 1996), and with a recent Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) report that pure vascular dementia may be more difficult to find than has been widely assumed (Hulette et al., 1997), it is appropriate to reevaluate our understanding of so-called mixed dementia, or the dementia syndrome that arises from the combination of AD and ischemic vascular injuries. Such a reevaluation leads to potentially important lessons, an outline of which is presented here.


2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4S_Part_9) ◽  
pp. P323-P324
Author(s):  
Lieza Exalto ◽  
Charles Quesenberry ◽  
Geert Jan Biessels ◽  
Jufen Zhou ◽  
Rachel Whitmer

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joni V. Lindbohm ◽  
Nina Mars ◽  
Keenan A. Walker ◽  
Archana Singh-Manoux ◽  
Gill Livingston ◽  
...  

AbstractThe role of circulating proteins in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias is unknown. Using a follow-up of two decades, 4953 plasma proteins, and discovery (Whitehall II) and replication cohort (ARIC), we examined plasma proteins associated with cognitive decline rate and dementia. After replication and adjustment for known dementia risk factors, fifteen proteins were associated with cognitive decline rate and dementia. None of these were amyloid, tau, or neurofilament-related proteins. Currently approved medications can target five of the proteins. The results support systemic pathogenesis of dementias, may aid in early diagnosis, and suggest potential targets for drug development.


2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A282-A282
Author(s):  
I KOUTROUBAKIS ◽  
A SFIRIDAKI ◽  
A THEODOROPOULOU ◽  
A LIVADIOTAKI ◽  
P DIMOULIOS ◽  
...  

Crisis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danica W. Y. Liu ◽  
A. Kate Fairweather-Schmidt ◽  
Richard Burns ◽  
Rachel M. Roberts ◽  
Kaarin J. Anstey

Abstract. Background: Little is known about the role of resilience in the likelihood of suicidal ideation (SI) over time. Aims: We examined the association between resilience and SI in a young-adult cohort over 4 years. Our objectives were to determine whether resilience was associated with SI at follow-up or, conversely, whether SI was associated with lowered resilience at follow-up. Method: Participants were selected from the Personality and Total Health (PATH) Through Life Project from Canberra and Queanbeyan, Australia, aged 28–32 years at the first time point and 32–36 at the second. Multinomial, linear, and binary regression analyses explored the association between resilience and SI over two time points. Models were adjusted for suicidality risk factors. Results: While unadjusted analyses identified associations between resilience and SI, these effects were fully explained by the inclusion of other suicidality risk factors. Conclusion: Despite strong cross-sectional associations, resilience and SI appear to be unrelated in a longitudinal context, once risk/resilience factors are controlled for. As independent indicators of psychological well-being, suicidality and resilience are essential if current status is to be captured. However, the addition of other factors (e.g., support, mastery) makes this association tenuous. Consequently, resilience per se may not be protective of SI.


Crisis ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami Hamdan ◽  
Nadine Melhem ◽  
Israel Orbach ◽  
Ilana Farbstein ◽  
Mohammad El-Haib ◽  
...  

Background: Relatively little is known about the role of protective factors in an Arab population in the presence of suicidal risk factors. Aims: To examine the role of protective factors in a subsample of in large Arab Kindred participants in the presence of suicidal risk factors. Methods: We assessed protective and risk factors in a sample of 64 participants (16 suicidal and 48 nonsuicidal) between 15 and 55 years of age, using a comprehensive structured psychiatric interview, the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), self-reported depression, anxiety, hopelessness, impulsivity, hostility, and suicidal behavior in first-degree and second-relatives. We also used the Religiosity Questionnaire and suicide attitude (SUIATT) and multidimensional perceived support scale. Results: Suicidal as opposed to nonsuicidal participants were more likely to have a lifetime history of major depressive disorder (MDD) (68.8% vs. 22.9% χ2 = 11.17, p = .001), an anxiety disorder (87.5% vs. 22.9, χ2 = 21.02, p < .001), or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (25% vs. 0.0%, Fisher’s, p = .003). Individuals who are otherwise at high risk for suicidality have a much lower risk when they experience higher perceived social support (3.31 ± 1.36 vs. 4.96 ± 1.40, t = 4.10, df = 62, p < .001), and they have the view that suicide is somehow unacceptable (1.83 ± .10 vs. 1.89 ± .07, t = 2.76, df = 60, p = .008). Conclusions: Taken together with other studies, these data suggest that the augmentation of protective factors could play a very important role in the prevention of incidental and recurrent suicidal behavior in Arab populations, where suicidal behavior in increasing rapidly.


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