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Prevalence of amyloid-β pathology in distinct variants of primary progressive aphasia

Bergeron, D; Gorno-Tempini, ML; Rabinovici, GD; Santos-Santos, MA; Seeley, W; Miller, BL; Pijnenburg, Y; ... Ossenkoppele, R; + view all (2018) Prevalence of amyloid-β pathology in distinct variants of primary progressive aphasia. Annals of Neurology , 84 (5) pp. 729-740. 10.1002/ana.25333. Green open access

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of amyloid-positivity, defined by PET/CSF biomarkers and/or neuropathological examination, in primary progressive aphasia (PPA) variants. METHODS: We conducted a meta-analysis with individual participant data from 1,251 patients diagnosed with PPA (including logopenic [lvPPA, n=443], non-fluent [nfvPPA, n=333], semantic [svPPA, n=401] and mixed/unclassifiable [PPA-M/U, n=74] variants of PPA) from 36 centers, with a measure of amyloid-β pathology (CSF [n=600]), PET [n=366] and/or autopsy [n=378]) available. The estimated prevalence of amyloid-positivity according to PPA variant, age and apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 status was determined using generalized estimating equation models. RESULTS: Amyloid-β positivity was more prevalent in lvPPA (86%) than in nfvPPA (20%) or svPPA (16%) (p<0.001). Prevalence of amyloid-β positivity increased with age in nfvPPA (from 10% at age 50 to 27% at age 80, p<0.01) and svPPA (from 6% at age 50 to 32% at age 80, p<0.001), but not in lvPPA (p=0.94). Across PPA variants, APOE ε4 carriers were more often amyloid-β positive (58.0%) than non-carriers (35.0%, p<0.001). Autopsy data revealed Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology as the most common pathologic diagnosis in lvPPA (76%), frontotemporal lobar degeneration - TDP-43 in svPPA (80%) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration-TDP-43/tau in nfvPPA (64%). INTERPRETATION: This study shows that the current PPA classification system helps to predict underlying pathology across different cohorts and clinical settings, and suggests that age and APOE genotype should be taken into account when interpreting Aβ biomarkers in PPA patients. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Type: Article
Title: Prevalence of amyloid-β pathology in distinct variants of primary progressive aphasia
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/ana.25333
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.25333
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neurodegenerative Diseases
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10060923
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