PMID- 33952652 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231227 IS - 1526-632X (Electronic) IS - 0028-3878 (Print) IS - 0028-3878 (Linking) VI - 96 IP - 24 DP - 2021 Jun 15 TI - Mediterranean Diet, Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers and Brain Atrophy in Old Age. PG - e2920-e2932 LID - 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012067 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To determine whether following a Mediterranean-like diet (MeDi) relates to cognitive functions and in vivo biomarkers for Alzheimer disease (AD), we analyzed cross-sectional data from the German DZNE-Longitudinal Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Study. METHOD: The sample (n=512, mean age: 69.5+/-5.9 years) included 169 cognitively normal participants and subjects at higher AD risk (53 with relatives with AD, 209 with subjective cognitive decline, and 81 with mild cognitive impairment). We defined MeDi adherence based on the Food Frequency Questionnaire. Brain volume outcomes were generated via voxel-based morphometry on T1-MRI and cognitive performance with an extensive neuropsychological battery. AD-related biomarkers (Abeta42/40 ratio, pTau181) in cerebrospinal fluid were assessed in n=226 individuals. We analyzed the associations between MeDi and the outcomes with linear regression models controlling for several covariates. Additionally, we applied hypothesis-driven mediation and moderation analysis. RESULTS: Higher MeDi adherence related to larger mediotemporal gray matter volume (p<0.05 FWE corrected), better memory (beta+/-SE = 0.03 +/- 0.02; p=0.038), and less amyloid (Abeta42/40 ratio, beta+/-SE = 0.003 +/- 0.001; p=0.008) and pTau181 pathology (beta+/-SE = -1.96+/-0.68; p=0.004). Mediotemporal volume mediated the association between MeDi and memory (40% indirect mediation). Finally, MeDi favorably moderated the associations between Abeta42/40 ratio, pTau181 and mediotemporal atrophy. Results were consistent correcting for ApoE-epsilon4 status. CONCLUSION: Our findings corroborate the view of MeDi as a protective factor against memory decline and mediotemporal atrophy. Importantly, they suggest that these associations might be explained by a decrease of amyloidosis and tau-pathology. Longitudinal and dietary intervention studies should further examine this conjecture and its treatment implications. CI - (c) 2021 American Academy of Neurology. FAU - Ballarini, Tommaso AU - Ballarini T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7299-5973 AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany tommaso.ballarini@dzne.de. FAU - Melo van Lent, Debora AU - Melo van Lent D AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. AD - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: San Antonio, TX, US. FAU - Brunner, Julia AU - Brunner J AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. FAU - Schroder, Alina AU - Schroder A AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. FAU - Wolfsgruber, Steffen AU - Wolfsgruber S AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. AD - Department of Neurodegeneration and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. FAU - Altenstein, Slawek AU - Altenstein S AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany. AD - Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charite, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Brosseron, Frederic AU - Brosseron F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3137-7516 AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. AD - Department of Neurodegeneration and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. FAU - Buerger, Katharina AU - Buerger K AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE, Munich), Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 17, 81377 Munich, Germany. AD - Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), University Hospital, LMU Munich, Feodor-LynenStrasse 17, 81377 Munich, Germany. FAU - Dechent, Peter AU - Dechent P AD - MR-Research in Neurology and Psychiatry, Georg-AugustUniversity Gottingen, Germany. FAU - Dobisch, Laura AU - Dobisch L AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany. AD - Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany. FAU - Duzel, Emrah AU - Duzel E AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany. AD - Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany. FAU - Ertl-Wagner, Birgit AU - Ertl-Wagner B AD - Institute for Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversity, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich. FAU - Fliessbach, Klaus AU - Fliessbach K AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. AD - Department of Neurodegeneration and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. FAU - Freiesleben, Silka Dawn AU - Freiesleben SD AD - Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Frommann, Ingo AU - Frommann I AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7244-2014 AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. FAU - Glanz, Wenzel AU - Glanz W AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany. FAU - Hauser, Dietmar AU - Hauser D AD - Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Haynes, John Dylan AU - Haynes JD AD - Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Charite Universitatsmedizin, Berlin, Germany. FAU - Heneka, Michael T AU - Heneka MT AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. AD - Department of Neurodegeneration and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. FAU - Janowitz, Daniel AU - Janowitz D AD - Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), University Hospital, LMU Munich, Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 17, 81377 Munich, Germany. FAU - Kilimann, Ingo AU - Kilimann I AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Rostock, Germany. AD - Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, Gehlsheimer Str. 20, 18147 Rostock. FAU - Laske, Christoph AU - Laske C AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Tubingen, Germany. AD - Section for Dementia Research, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Maier, Franziska AU - Maier F AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Cologne, Medical Faculty, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50924 Cologne, Germany. FAU - Metzger, Coraline Danielle AU - Metzger CD AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany. AD - Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany. FAU - Munk, Matthias AU - Munk M AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Tubingen, Germany. AD - Section for Dementia Research, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Perneczky, Robert AU - Perneczky R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1981-7435 AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE, Munich), Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 17, 81377 Munich, Germany. AD - Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. AD - Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) Munich, Munich, Germany. AD - Ageing Epidemiology Research Unit (AGE), School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK. FAU - Peters, Oliver AU - Peters O AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany. AD - Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Priller, Josef AU - Priller J AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany. AD - Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charite, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Ramirez, Alfredo AU - Ramirez A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4991-763X AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Cologne, Medical Faculty, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50924 Cologne, Germany. FAU - Rauchmann, Boris AU - Rauchmann B AD - Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. FAU - Roy, Nina AU - Roy N AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. FAU - Scheffler, Klaus AU - Scheffler K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6316-8773 AD - Department for Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, University of Tubingen, 72076 Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Schneider, Anja AU - Schneider A AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. AD - Department of Neurodegeneration and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. FAU - Spottke, Annika AU - Spottke A AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. AD - Department of Neurology, University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. FAU - Spruth, Eike Jakob AU - Spruth EJ AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany. AD - Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charite, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Teipel, Stefan J AU - Teipel SJ AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Rostock, Germany. AD - Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, Gehlsheimer Str. 20, 18147 Rostock. FAU - Vukovich, Ruth AU - Vukovich R AD - Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen, University of Goettingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 5, 37075 Goettingen. FAU - Wiltfang, Jens AU - Wiltfang J AD - Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen, University of Goettingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 5, 37075 Goettingen. AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Goettingen, Germany. AD - Neurosciences and Signaling Group, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED). AD - Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal. FAU - Jessen, Frank AU - Jessen F AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Cologne, Medical Faculty, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50924 Cologne, Germany. AD - Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 26, 50931Koln, Germany. FAU - Wagner, Michael AU - Wagner M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2589-6440 AD - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. AD - Department of Neurodegeneration and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany. CN - DELCODE study group LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210615 PL - United States TA - Neurology JT - Neurology JID - 0401060 SB - IM CIN - Neurology. 2022 Jan 11;98(2):88-89. PMID: 35263268 CIN - Neurology. 2022 Jan 11;98(2):89-90. PMID: 35263270 PMC - PMC8253566 EDAT- 2021/05/07 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/07 06:01 PMCR- 2021/06/15 CRDT- 2021/05/06 05:56 PHST- 2021/05/05 00:00 [aheadofprint] PHST- 2020/08/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/03/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/05/07 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/05/06 05:56 [entrez] PHST- 2021/05/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - WNL.0000000000012067 [pii] AID - NEUROLOGY2020128397 [pii] AID - 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012067 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Neurology. 2021 Jun 15;96(24):e2920-e2932. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012067.