MRI and cognitive scores complement each other to accurately predict Alzheimer's dementia 2 to 7 years before clinical onset
Background: Predicting cognitive decline and the eventual onset of dementia in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is of high value for patient management and potential cohort enrichment in pharmaceutical trials. We used cognitive scores and MRI biomarkers from a single baseline visit to p...
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| author | Azar Zandifar Vladimir S. Fonov Simon Ducharme Sylvie Belleville D. Louis Collins |
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| description | Background: Predicting cognitive decline and the eventual onset of dementia in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is of high value for patient management and potential cohort enrichment in pharmaceutical trials. We used cognitive scores and MRI biomarkers from a single baseline visit to predict the onset of dementia due to AD in an amnestic MCI (aMCI) population over a nine-year follow-up period. Method: All aMCI subjects from ADNI1, ADNI2, and ADNI-GO with available baseline neurocognitive scores and T1w MRI were included in the study (n = 756). We built a Naïve Bayes classifier for every year over a 9-year follow-up period and tested each one with Leave one out cross validation. Results: We reached 87% prediction accuracy at five years follow-up with an AUC > 0.85 from two to seven years (peaking at 0.92 at five years). Both neurocognitive scores and MRI biomarkers were needed to make the prognostic models highly sensitive and specific, especially for longer follow-ups. MRI features are more sensitive, while cognitive features bring specificity to the prediction. Conclusion: Combining cognitive scores and MRI biomarkers yield accurate prediction years before onset of dementia. Such a tool may be helpful in selecting patients that would most benefit from lifestyle changes, and eventually early treatments that would slow cognitive decline and delay the onset of dementia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-540e3a3147554b1d8fe1a1927981fcf62022-12-21T17:49:57ZengElsevierNeuroImage: Clinical2213-15822020-01-0125MRI and cognitive scores complement each other to accurately predict Alzheimer's dementia 2 to 7 years before clinical onsetAzar Zandifar0Vladimir S. Fonov1Simon Ducharme2Sylvie Belleville3D. Louis Collins4McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Room WB320, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada; Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Corresponding author at: McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Room WB320, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada.McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Room WB320, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, CanadaMcConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Room WB320, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, CanadaInstitut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Psychology, Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition, Université de Montréal, Montreal, CanadaMcConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Room WB320, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada; Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, CanadaBackground: Predicting cognitive decline and the eventual onset of dementia in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is of high value for patient management and potential cohort enrichment in pharmaceutical trials. We used cognitive scores and MRI biomarkers from a single baseline visit to predict the onset of dementia due to AD in an amnestic MCI (aMCI) population over a nine-year follow-up period. Method: All aMCI subjects from ADNI1, ADNI2, and ADNI-GO with available baseline neurocognitive scores and T1w MRI were included in the study (n = 756). We built a Naïve Bayes classifier for every year over a 9-year follow-up period and tested each one with Leave one out cross validation. Results: We reached 87% prediction accuracy at five years follow-up with an AUC > 0.85 from two to seven years (peaking at 0.92 at five years). Both neurocognitive scores and MRI biomarkers were needed to make the prognostic models highly sensitive and specific, especially for longer follow-ups. MRI features are more sensitive, while cognitive features bring specificity to the prediction. Conclusion: Combining cognitive scores and MRI biomarkers yield accurate prediction years before onset of dementia. Such a tool may be helpful in selecting patients that would most benefit from lifestyle changes, and eventually early treatments that would slow cognitive decline and delay the onset of dementia.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158219304681 |
| spellingShingle | Azar Zandifar Vladimir S. Fonov Simon Ducharme Sylvie Belleville D. Louis Collins MRI and cognitive scores complement each other to accurately predict Alzheimer's dementia 2 to 7 years before clinical onset NeuroImage: Clinical |
| title | MRI and cognitive scores complement each other to accurately predict Alzheimer's dementia 2 to 7 years before clinical onset |
| title_full | MRI and cognitive scores complement each other to accurately predict Alzheimer's dementia 2 to 7 years before clinical onset |
| title_fullStr | MRI and cognitive scores complement each other to accurately predict Alzheimer's dementia 2 to 7 years before clinical onset |
| title_full_unstemmed | MRI and cognitive scores complement each other to accurately predict Alzheimer's dementia 2 to 7 years before clinical onset |
| title_short | MRI and cognitive scores complement each other to accurately predict Alzheimer's dementia 2 to 7 years before clinical onset |
| title_sort | mri and cognitive scores complement each other to accurately predict alzheimer s dementia 2 to 7 years before clinical onset |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158219304681 |
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