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Associations of lifestyle factors with amyloid pathology in persons without dementia
Oomens, Julie Elisabeth , Vos, Stephanie J. B. , Maserejian, Nancy N., Didic, Mira , Engelborghs, Sebastiaan , Fladby, Tormod, Fröhlich, Lutz, Gill, Kiran Dip, Grimmer, Timo, Itoh, Yoshiaki , Landau, Susan, Lleó, Alberto, Meyer, Philipp T. , Pardini, Matteo , Rami, Lorena , Reiman, Eric M. , Rinne, Juha O. , Sánchez‐Juan, Pascual, Scarmeas, Nikolaos , Villeneuve, Sylvia , Waldemar, Gunhild , Alcolea, Daniel, Altomare, Daniele , Baldeiras, Inês , Blennow, Kaj , Cerman, Jiří , Chipi, Elena , Day, Gregory S. , Förster, Stefan , Frings, Lars , Guedj, Éric , Habeck, Christian , Hausner, Lucrezia , Jiménez‐Bonilla, J., Juaristi, Arantxa, Kern, Silke , Kirsebom, Bjørn‐Eivind , Legdeur, Nienke , Xiong, Chengjie , Maier, W., Marquié, Marta, Minatani, Shinobu, Prabhakar, Sudesh, Ramakers, Inez H.G.B. , Rodríguez‐Rodríguez, Eloy , Ruiz, Agustín, Rüther, E., Sakhardande, Jayant, Selnes, Per, Spiru, Luiza , Vermunt, Lisa , Wallin, Åsa K., Zettergren, Anna , (ADNI), for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, group, A4 Study, (DIAN), Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network, (KBASE), Japan Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (J-ADNI), Korean Brain Aging Study for the Early Diagnosis and Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease, Ossenkoppele, Rik, Verhey, Frans RJ, Visser, Pieter Jelle, Jansen, Willemijn J, Marquié, Marta , Selnes, Per , Day, Gregory S , Xiong, Chengjie , Oomens, Julie E , Boada, Merçé , Fladby, Tormod , Flier, Wiesje M. van der , Frisoni, Giovanni B. , Fröhlich, Lutz, Grimmer, Timo , Hort, Jakub , Iwatsubo, Takeshi , Klimkowicz‐Mrowiec, Aleksandra , Lee, Dong Young , Lleó, Alberto , Martínez‐Lage, Pablo , Mendonça, Alexandre de , Parchi, Piero , Parnetti, Lucilla , Popp, Julius , Rodrigue, Karen M. , Santana, Isabel , Scheltens, Philip , Skoog, Ingmar , Sperling, Reisa Anne , Stern, Yaakov , Wiltfang, Jens , Zetterberg, Henrik , Alcolea, Daniel , Allegri, Ricardo , Bateman, Randall J. , Baiardi, Simone , Braber, Anouk den , Buchem, Mark A. van , Byun, Min Soo , Chen, Kewei , Drzezga, Alexander E. , Ekblad, Laura L. , Fortea, Juan , Freund‐Levi, Yvonne , Handels, Ron , Hellwig, Sabine , Kandimalla, Ramesh , Kornhuber, Johannes , Morbelli, Silvia , Mroczko, Barbara , Ntanasi, Eva , Oliveira, Catarina Resende , Orellana, Adelina , Peters, Oliver , Ruiz, Agustı́n , Silva, Dina , Soininen, Hilkka S. , Takeda, Akitoshi , Teunissen, Charlotte E. , Tijms, Betty M. , Wiels, Wietse A. , Yannakoulia, Mary , Yi, Dahyun , (ADNI), for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, group, A4 Study, (DIAN), Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network, (KBASE), Japan Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (J-ADNI), Korean Brain Aging Study for the Early Diagnosis and Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease, Ossenkoppele, Rik, Verhey, Frans R.J. , Visser, Pieter Jelle , Jansen, Willemijn J.
Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease | November 14, 2025 | Volume: 108 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 1043-1059
Background The association between lifestyle factors and Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology remains incompletely understood. Objective The aim of this study was to assess the association of alcohol consumption, smoking behavior, sleep quality and physical, cognitive, and social activity with cerebral amyloid pathology. Methods For this cross-sectional study, we selected participants from the Amyloid Biomarker Study data pooling initiative. We used generalized estimating equations to assess associations of dichotomized lifestyle measures with amyloid pathology. Results We included 9171 participants with normal cognition (NC) and 2555 participants with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from the Amyloid Biomarker Study. Of participants with NC, 58% were women, 34% were APOE ε4 carrier, and 27% had amyloid pathology. Of participants with MCI, 48% were women, 47% were APOE ε4 carrier, and 57% had amyloid pathology. In NC, cognitively active participants were less likely to have amyloid pathology (OR = 0.77, 95%CI 0.66–0.89, p < 0.001). In MCI, participants who had ever smoked or had sleep problems were less likely to have amyloid pathology (OR = 0.85, 95%CI 0.73–0.99, p = 0.029; OR = 0.62, 95%CI 0.45–0.86, p = 0.004). Conclusions In NC, cognitive activity was associated with a lower frequency of amyloid pathology. In MCI, favorable lifestyle behaviors were not associated with a lower frequency of amyloid pathology. The results of the current study contribute to the broader evidence base on lifestyle and AD by further characterizing the role of lifestyle behaviors in AD pathology across different clinical stages.
The Consortium for Clarity in ADRD Research Through Imaging (CLARiTI): Overview of consortium sites and anticipated enrollment
Oomens, Julie Elisabeth , Biber, Sarah , Albert, Marilyn, Alosco, Michael L. , Arfanakis, Konstantinos , Brewer, James B., Chin, Erin, Clark, Lindsay R. , Cohen, Ann D. , Dage, Jeffrey L. , Detre, John A. , DiFilippo, Frank P. , Dyck, Christopher H. van , Grabowski, Thomas J. , Habes, Mohamad, Hedden, Trey , Jagust, William, Jefferson, Angela L. , Kecskemeti, Steven , Kantarci, Kejal, Keene, Dirk, Knoefel, Janice E. , Lin, Weili, Masurkar, Arjun V. , Morhardt, Darby, Okonkwo, Ozioma C. , Rabinovici, Gil D. , Rahman‐Filipiak, Annalise , Reiman, Eric M., Risacher, Shannon L. , Rosen, Howie, Schneider, Lon S. , Song, Allen W. , Swerdlow, Russell H. , Vaillancourt, David E. , Villemagne, Victor L. , Qiu, Deqiang , Foroud, Tatiana, Mormino, Elizabeth C. , Kantarci, Kejal , Oomens, Julie E , Kantarci, Kejal , Rabinovici, Gil D , Dage, Jeffrey L , Cohen, Annie , Benzinger, Tammie L.S. , Burns, Jeffrey M. , Chin, Nathaniel A. , Dickerson, Bradford Clark , Donohue, Michael , Fan, Audrey Peiwen , Habes, Mohamad , Harrison, Theresa M. , Hohman, Timothy J. , Jicha, Gregory A. , Kukull, Walter A. , Lin, Weili , Lao, Patrick , Lepping, Rebecca J. , Levendovszky, Swati Rane , McConathy, Jonathan , Mindt, Mónica Rivera , Noll, Douglas C. , Parrish, Todd B. , Reiman, Eric M. , Rudolph, Marc D. , Silbert, Lisa C. , Stark, Craig E.L. , Thompson, Paul M. , Wolk, S. J. , Johnson, Sterling C.
Alzheimer's & Dementia | November 10, 2025 | Volume: 21 | Issue: 11 | Pages: No page available
Abstract INTRODUCTION The Consortium for Clarity in Alzheimer's disease related dementias (ADRD) Research Through Imaging (CLARiTI) is a study that aims to collect standardized imaging and plasma biomarkers on 2000 Clinical Core participants enrolled across all Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (ADRC) sites. We sought to summarize the known heterogeneity across centers regarding scientific focus and initial enrollment plans for CLARiTI. METHODS We developed and distributed a survey capturing information on the 36 CLARiTI site's theme/expertise, recruitment plans, and the intersection of CLARiTI with other ADRC imaging efforts. RESULTS Anticipated CLARiTI enrollees spanned 11 different categories of suspected etiologies underlying impairment. A wide range of risk factors were endorsed across sites regarding the enrollment of unimpaired individuals. Variability also existed regarding site‐level strategies in enrollment into CLARiTI versus other imaging efforts. DISCUSSION We anticipate that the 2000 individuals that will enroll into CLARiTI will reflect the clinical heterogeneity already in place across the ADRC network. Highlights The ADRC Consortium for Clarity in ADRD Research Through Imaging (CLARiTI) will leverage and contribute to the existing Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (ADRC) program by supporting standardized imaging and plasma collection across all centers. We summarize the variation in scientific focus and enrollment plans across ADRC sites participating in CLARiTI. The anticipated CLARiTI cohort will reflect the clinical heterogeneity that already exists across the ADRC network. CLARiTI will contribute to scientific goals related to the detection of multi‐etiological signatures relevant for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (ADRDs).
Depressive Symptoms and Amyloid Pathology
Oomens, Julie Elisabeth , Engelborghs, Sebastiaan , Arnim, Christine A. F. Von , Boada, Merçé , Didic, Mira , Dubois, Bruno, Fröhlich, Lutz, Gill, Kiran Dip, Grimmer, Timo, Hildebrandt, Helmut , Itoh, Yoshiaki , Lee, Dong Young , Lleó, Alberto, Meyer, Philipp T. , Kapaki, Elisabeth, Pardini, Matteo , Popp, Julius , Rami, Lorena , Reiman, Eric M. , Rinne, Juha O. , Sánchez‐Juan, Pascual, Sarazin, Marie , Scarmeas, Nikolaos , Villeneuve, Sylvia , Wallin, Anders, Vos, Stephanie J. B. , Jansen, Willemijn J. , group, Amyloid Biomarker Study, Altomare, Daniele , Baldeiras, Inês , Blennow, Kaj, Braber, Anouk den , Cerman, Jiří , Chipi, Elena , Eckerström, Marie , Ekblad, Laura L. , Förster, Stefan , Guedj, Éric , Hausner, Lucrezia , Huey, Edward D. , Jiménez‐Bonilla, J., Johnson, Keith A. , Juaristi, Arantxa, Kern, Silke , Kirsebom, Bjørn‐Eivind , Landau, Susan , Legdeur, Nienke , Guerra, Jorge J. Llibre, Maserejian, Nancy N., Marquié, Marta , Minatani, Shinobu, Olivieri, Pauline , Perrin, Richard J., Peters, Oliver , Prabhakar, Sudesh, Ramakers, Inez H., Rodríguez‐Rodríguez, Eloy , Ruiz, Agustín, Rüther, E., Selnes, Per , Spiru, Luiza , Takeda, Akitoshi , Teichmann, Marc , Thompson, Loisa I., Vogelgsangs, Jonathan, Wallin, Åsa K., Zettergren, Anna , Frisoni, Giovanni B. , Boada, Merce , Oomens, Julie E , Bottlaender, Michel , Wiels, Wietse A. , Baeken, Chris , Dubois, Bruno , Fladby, Tormod , Flier, Wiesje M. van der , Frisoni, Giovanni B. , Fröhlich, Lutz, Grimmer, Timo , Hort, Jakub , Iwatsubo, Takeshi , Klimkowicz‐Mrowiec, Aleksandra , Lleó, Alberto , Martínez‐Lage, Pablo , Mendonça, Alexandre de , Parchi, Piero , Parnetti, Lucilla , Rodrigue, Karen M. , Santana, Isabel , Skoog, Ingmar , Snyder, Peter J. , Sperling, Reisa Anne , Wiltfang, Jens , Zetterberg, Henrik , Ossenkoppele, Rik , Verhey, Frans R.J. , Visser, Pieter Jelle , Alcolea, Daniel , Baiardi, Simone , Bateman, Randall J. , Blennow, Kaj , Buchem, Mark A. van , Byun, Min Soo , Chen, Kewei , Day, Gregory S. , Drzezga, Alexander E. , Epelbaum, Stéphane , Fortea, Juan , Freund‐Levi, Yvonne , Frings, Lars , Hellwig, Sabine , Kandimalla, Ramesh , Paraskevas, George P. , Kornhuber, Johannes , Lagarde, Julien , Morbelli, Silvia , Mroczko, Barbara , Ntanasi, Eva , Oliveira, Catarina Resende , Olivieri, Pauline , Orellana, Adelina , Ruiz, Agustı́n , Silva, Dina , Soininen, Hilkka S. , Tijms, Betty M. , Teunissen, Charlotte E. , Vöglein, Jonathan , Waldemar, Gunhild , Yannakoulia, Mary , Yi, Dahyun
JAMA Psychiatry | January 22, 2025 | Volume: 82 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 296
10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.4305
Importance Depressive symptoms are associated with cognitive decline in older individuals. Uncertainty about underlying mechanisms hampers diagnostic and therapeutic efforts. This large-scale study aimed to elucidate the association between depressive symptoms and amyloid pathology. Objective To examine the association between depressive symptoms and amyloid pathology and its dependency on age, sex, education, and APOE genotype in older individuals without dementia. Design, Setting, and Participants Cross-sectional analyses were performed using data from the Amyloid Biomarker Study data pooling initiative. Data from 49 research, population-based, and memory clinic studies were pooled and harmonized. The Amyloid Biomarker Study has been collecting data since 2012 and data collection is ongoing. At the time of analysis, 95 centers were included in the Amyloid Biomarker Study. The study included 9746 individuals with normal cognition (NC) and 3023 participants with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) aged between 34 and 100 years for whom data on amyloid biomarkers, presence of depressive symptoms, and age were available. Data were analyzed from December 2022 to February 2024. Main Outcomes and Measures Amyloid-β1-42 levels in cerebrospinal fluid or amyloid positron emission tomography scans were used to determine presence or absence of amyloid pathology. Presence of depressive symptoms was determined on the basis of validated depression rating scale scores, evidence of a current clinical diagnosis of depression, or self-reported depressive symptoms. Results In individuals with NC (mean [SD] age, 68.6 [8.9] years; 5664 [58.2%] female; 3002 [34.0%] APOE ε4 carriers; 937 [9.6%] had depressive symptoms; 2648 [27.2%] had amyloid pathology), the presence of depressive symptoms was not associated with amyloid pathology (odds ratio [OR], 1.13; 95% CI, 0.90-1.40; P = .29). In individuals with MCI (mean [SD] age, 70.2 [8.7] years; 1481 [49.0%] female; 1046 [44.8%] APOE ε4 carriers; 824 [27.3%] had depressive symptoms; 1668 [55.8%] had amyloid pathology), the presence of depressive symptoms was associated with a lower likelihood of amyloid pathology (OR, 0.73; 95% CI 0.61-0.89; P = .001). When considering subgroup effects, in individuals with NC, the presence of depressive symptoms was associated with a higher frequency of amyloid pathology in APOE ε4 noncarriers (mean difference, 5.0%; 95% CI 1.0-9.0; P = .02) but not in APOE ε4 carriers. This was not the case in individuals with MCI. Conclusions and Relevance Depressive symptoms were not consistently associated with a higher frequency of amyloid pathology in participants with NC and were associated with a lower likelihood of amyloid pathology in participants with MCI. These findings were not influenced by age, sex, or education level. Mechanisms other than amyloid accumulation may commonly underlie depressive symptoms in late life.