Vanninen, Aleksi;
Lukkarinen, Heikki;
Kokkola, Tarja;
Koivisto, Anne M;
Kokki, Merja;
Musialowicz, Tadeusz;
Hiltunen, Mikko;
... Rauramaa, Tuomas; + view all
(2023)
Cerebrospinal Fluid Diagnostics of Alzheimer’s Disease in Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
, 94
(2)
pp. 727-736.
10.3233/JAD-230144.
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Abstract
Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia worldwide and a frequent comorbidity in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). The presence of AD pathology is associated with worse outcomes after a shunt procedure in iNPH. Preoperative diagnosis of AD is challenging in patients with iNPH, which involves reduced concentrations of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) AD biomarkers.// Objective: Our aim was to estimate the effect size of iNPH as a factor in CSF levels of AD biomarkers and to test if correction could be used to improve diagnostic value.// Methods: Our cohort included 222 iNPH patients with data in the Kuopio NPH registry and brain biopsy and CSF samples available. We divided the patients into groups according to AD pathology per brain biopsy. For control cohorts, we had CSF samples from cognitively healthy individuals (n = 33) and patients with diagnosed AD and no iNPH (n = 39).// *-31pt// Results: Levels of all investigated biomarkers differed significantly between groups, with the exception of t-Tau levels between healthy individuals and iNPH patients with AD pathology. Applying a correction factor for each biomarker (0.842*Aβ₁ ₋ ₄₂, 0.779*t-Tau, and 0.610*P-Tau₁₈₁) for the effect of iNPH yielded a sensitivity of 2.4% and specificity of 100%. The ratio of P-Tau₁₈₁ to Aβ₁ ₋ ₄₂ was moderately effective in aiding recognition of AD pathology in iNPH patients (sensitivity 0.79, specificity 0.76, area under the curve 0.824). Conclusion: Correcting for iNPH as a factor failed to improve diagnostic effectiveness, but the P-Tau₁₈₁ /Aβ₁ ₋ ₄₂ ratio showed some utility in the diagnosis of AD in iNPH patients.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Cerebrospinal Fluid Diagnostics of Alzheimer’s Disease in Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus |
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3233/JAD-230144 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-230144 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 – The authors. Published by IOS Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC 4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Alzheimer’s disease, brain, cerebrospinal fluid, needle biopsy, normal pressure hydrocephalus |
| 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/10175168 |
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