Association Between Frequency of Social Contact and Brain Atrophy in Community-Dwelling Older People Without Dementia: The JPSC-AD Study.
Journal
Neurology
ISSN: 1526-632X
Titre abrégé: Neurology
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0401060
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 09 2023
12 09 2023
Historique:
received:
28
12
2022
accepted:
16
05
2023
medline:
13
9
2023
pubmed:
13
7
2023
entrez:
12
7
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Epidemiologic evidence has shown that social isolation, a low frequency of social contact with others, is associated with the risk of dementia and late-life depressive symptoms. Therefore, we hypothesized that low frequency of social contact may be involved in brain atrophy, and depressive symptoms may play some role in this relationship. We aimed to evaluate the association between low frequency of social contact and the volumes of various brain regions and to assess the extent to which depressive symptoms mediate these relationships from a large population-based multisite cohort study. Dementia-free community-dwelling Japanese aged 65 years or older underwent brain MRI scans and a comprehensive health examination. Frequency of contact with noncohabiting relatives and friends was determined by asking a single question with 4 categories: everyday, several times a week, several times a month, and seldom. Total and regional brain volumes, intracranial volume (ICV), and white matter lesion volume were estimated using FreeSurfer software. The associations between frequency of social contact and brain volumes per ICV were examined using analyses of covariance. Mediation analyses were conducted to calculate the proportion of the associations explained by depressive symptoms. We included 8,896 participants. The multivariable-adjusted mean of the total brain volume in the group with the lowest frequency of social contact was significantly lower compared with that in the group with the highest frequency of social contact (67.3% vs 67.8%), with a significant increasing trend across the groups ( Lower frequency of social contact was associated with decreased total and cognitive function-related regional brain volumes. In addition, depressive symptoms partially explained the association in community-dwelling older people without dementia in Japan.
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Epidemiologic evidence has shown that social isolation, a low frequency of social contact with others, is associated with the risk of dementia and late-life depressive symptoms. Therefore, we hypothesized that low frequency of social contact may be involved in brain atrophy, and depressive symptoms may play some role in this relationship. We aimed to evaluate the association between low frequency of social contact and the volumes of various brain regions and to assess the extent to which depressive symptoms mediate these relationships from a large population-based multisite cohort study.
METHODS
Dementia-free community-dwelling Japanese aged 65 years or older underwent brain MRI scans and a comprehensive health examination. Frequency of contact with noncohabiting relatives and friends was determined by asking a single question with 4 categories: everyday, several times a week, several times a month, and seldom. Total and regional brain volumes, intracranial volume (ICV), and white matter lesion volume were estimated using FreeSurfer software. The associations between frequency of social contact and brain volumes per ICV were examined using analyses of covariance. Mediation analyses were conducted to calculate the proportion of the associations explained by depressive symptoms.
RESULTS
We included 8,896 participants. The multivariable-adjusted mean of the total brain volume in the group with the lowest frequency of social contact was significantly lower compared with that in the group with the highest frequency of social contact (67.3% vs 67.8%), with a significant increasing trend across the groups (
DISCUSSION
Lower frequency of social contact was associated with decreased total and cognitive function-related regional brain volumes. In addition, depressive symptoms partially explained the association in community-dwelling older people without dementia in Japan.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37438128
pii: WNL.0000000000207602
doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000207602
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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e1108-e1117Investigateurs
Masato Akiyama
(M)
Koichi Murashita
(K)
Tatsuya Mikami
(T)
Songee Jung
(S)
Mina Misawa
(M)
Naoki Ishizuka
(N)
Hiroshi Akasaka
(H)
Yasuo Terayama
(Y)
Hisashi Yonezawa
(H)
Junko Takahashi
(J)
Moeko Noguchi-Shinohara
(M)
Kazuo Iwasa
(K)
Shutaro Shibata
(S)
Sohshi Yuki-Nozaki
(S)
Masahito Yamada
(M)
Shogyoku Bun
(S)
Hidehito Niimura
(H)
Ryo Shikimoto
(R)
Hisashi Kida
(H)
Yasuyo Fukada
(Y)
Hisanori Kowa
(H)
Toshiya Nakano
(T)
Kenji Wada
(K)
Masafumi Kishi
(M)
Tomoki Ozaki
(T)
Ayumi Tachibana
(A)
Yuta Yoshino
(Y)
Shu-Ichi Ueno
(SI)
Tomohisa Ishikawa
(T)
Seiji Yuki
(S)
Ryuji Fukuhara
(R)
Asuka Koyama
(A)
Mamoru Hashimoto
(M)
Manabu Ikeda
(M)
Yoshihiro Kokubo
(Y)
Kazuhiro Uchida
(K)
Midori Esaki
(M)
Benjamin Thyreau
(B)
Koji Yonemoto
(K)
Hisako Yoshida
(H)
Kaori Muto
(K)
Yusuke Inoue
(Y)
Izen Ri
(I)
Yukihide Momozawa
(Y)
Chikashi Terao
(C)
Michiaki Kubo
(M)
Yutaka Kiyohara
(Y)
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