Journal article

Predicting Alzheimer disease with β-amyloid imaging: Results from the Australian imaging, biomarkers, and lifestyle study of ageing

CC Rowe, P Bourgeat, KA Ellis, B Brown, YY Lim, R Mulligan, G Jones, P Maruff, M Woodward, R Price, P Robins, H Tochon-Danguy, G O'Keefe, KE Pike, P Yates, C Szoeke, O Salvado, SL Macaulay, T O'Meara, R Head Show all

Annals of Neurology | WILEY | Published : 2013

Abstract

Objective Biomarkers for Alzheimer disease (AD) can detect the disease pathology in asymptomatic subjects and individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), but their cognitive prognosis remains uncertain. We aimed to determine the prognostic value of β-amyloid imaging, alone and in combination with memory performance, hippocampal atrophy, and apolipoprotein E ε4 status in nondemented, older individuals. Methods A total of 183 healthy individuals (age = 72.0 ± 7.26 years) and 87 participants with MCI (age = 73.7 ± 8.27) in the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers, and Lifestyle study of ageing were studied. Clinical reclassification was performed after 3 years, blind to biomarker findings. β-Am..

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Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia


Funding Acknowledgements

The AIBL study of ageing was funded by the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO; a publicly funded government research organization), Science Industry Endowment Fund, National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (project grant 1011689), Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, and an anonymous foundation.