Association between choroidal microvasculature in the eye and Alzheimer’s disease risk in cognitively healthy midlife adults (2024)

Abstract

Objective To explore associations between measurements of the ocular microvasculature in the choroid (a highly vascularised layer posterior to the retina) and genetic Alzheimer’s disease risk.

Methods We measured the choroidal vasculature appearing in optical coherence tomography scans of 69 healthy, mid-life individuals in the PREVENT cohort. The cohort was prospectively split into low, medium, and high-risk groups based on the presence of known risk factors (APOE4 genotype and family history of dementia). We used ordinal logistic regression to test for cross-sectional associations between choroidal measurements and pre-determined risk of future Alzheimer’s disease.

Results We observed progressively increased choroidal vasculature between ordinal risk groups, and all choroidal measurements were significantly associated with risk group prediction. APOE4 carriers had significantly thicker choroids and larger vascular tissue compared to non-carriers. Similar trends were observed for those with a family history of dementia. In our sample, a 0.16 mm2 increase in choroidal vascular area was associated with a 2-fold increase in the likelihood of having one or more markers of Alzheimer’s disease risk, compared with none.

Conclusions Our results suggest a potential link between the choroidal vasculature and risk of Alzheimer’s disease. However, these findings are exploratory and should be replicated in a larger, more diverse sample.

Competing Interest Statement

J.Burke, S. Gibbon, A. Low, C. Hamid, M. Reid‐Schachter, G. Muniz‐Terrera, C. W. Ritchie, B. Dhillon, J. T. O'Brien, S. King, I. J. C. MacCormick and T. J. MacGillivray report no disclosures relevant to the manuscript. Author disclosures are available in the supporting information.

Funding Statement

The PREVENT dementia Programme is funded by the Alzheimer's Society (grant numbers 178, 264 and 329), Alzheimer's Association (grant number TriBEKa-17-519007) and philanthropic donations. This work was supported by the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (project no. GDAPB-201808-2016196, "Delivering novel neuro-retinal biomarkers for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease"); NHS Lothian R and D; and British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence Award III (RE/18/5/34216). The funding sources were not involved in designing, conducting, or submitting this work. We would like to acknowledge with special thanks to the PREVENT participants, the participant panel, members of the Scientific Advisory Committee, and funders for their support of the PREVENT dementia programme.J. Burke was supported by the Medical Research Council (grant MR/N013166/1) as part of the Doctoral Training Programme in Precision Medicine at the Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh. S. Gibbon was supported by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council as part of the EASTBIO Doctoral Training Programme at the University of Edinburgh [grant number: BB/M010996/1].

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The PREVENT Dementia programme received multi-site ethical approval from the UK London-Camberwell St Giles National Health Service (NHS) Research Ethics Committee (REC reference: 12/LO/1023, IRAS project ID: 88938), which operates according to the Helsinki Declaration of 1975 (and as revised in 1983). All substantial protocol amendments have been reviewed by the same ethics committees and favourable opinion was granted before implementation at sites. The retinal sub study in Edinburgh was approved by the South East Scotland Research Ethics Committee (15/SS/0146)

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Data availability

The PREVENT dataset is available to access through a data request on the study website (www.preventdementia.co.uk); on the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative (ADDI) platform baseline dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.34688/PREVENTMAIN_BASELINE_700V1; Dementia Platforms UK (DPUK); and the Global Alzheimer’s Association Network (GAAIN).

Association between choroidal microvasculature in the eye and Alzheimer’s disease risk in cognitively healthy midlife adults (2024)
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