Body mass index and blood volume influence plasma biomarkers and positron emission tomography classification in preclinical Alzheimer's disease


Por: Jacobs, T, Brien, CO, Figueredo, L, Gogola, A, Gaggi, NL, Hurwitz, B, Pirraglia, E, Herzog, S, Ramos-Cejudo, J, Shepherd, TM, Palta, P, Fortea, J, Wisniewski, TM, Betensky, RA, Lopresti, B, Mielke, MM, Convit, A, Osorio, RS

Publicada: 11 oct 2025
Resumen:
INTRODUCTION Blood-based biomarkers (BBMs) are promising tools for Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis, but their accuracy may be affected by body mass index (BMI) and blood volume (BV) through dilution. We investigated how BMI and BV influence BBM concentrations and PET prediction. METHODS Data from 241 cognitively unimpaired participants in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) were examined to evaluate the influence of BMI/BV on BBMs (A beta 42/40, p-Tau181, p-Tau217, glial fibrillary acidic protein [GFAP], neurofilament light chain [NfL]) and BBM-based PET predictions. RESULTS Elevated BMI/BV associated with lower BBM concentrations, especially for p-Tau217 and NfL, independent of brain amyloid burden. BMI-stratified thresholds improved amyloid PET prediction, with higher BBM thresholds and area under the curve (AUC) values seen in normal weight compared to overweight or obese participants. Drastic BMI/BV declines due to weight loss increased BBM variability and systematic PET misclassification. DISCUSSION Adjusting for BMI/BV in BBM-based diagnostics appears to improve accuracy and reliable detection of AD pathology, especially in preclinical stages.

Filiaciones:
Jacobs, T:
 NYU, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY USA

 Penn State Coll Med, Hershey, PA USA

Brien, CO:
 NYU, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY USA

Figueredo, L:
 NYU, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY USA

Gogola, A:
 Univ Pittsburgh, Sch Med, Dept Radiol, Pittsburgh, PA USA

Gaggi, NL:
 NYU, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY USA

Hurwitz, B:
 NYU, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY USA

Pirraglia, E:
 NYU, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY USA

Herzog, S:
 NYU, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY USA

Ramos-Cejudo, J:
 NYU, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY USA

 VA Boston Healthcare Syst, VA Boston Cooperat Studies Program, MAVERIC, Boston, MA USA

Shepherd, TM:
 NYU, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Radiol, New York, NY USA

Palta, P:
 Univ North Carolina, Dept Neurol, Chapel Hill, NC USA

Fortea, J:
 Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Hosp St Pau, Inst Invest Biomed St Pau, Dept Neurol,St Pau Memory Unit, Barcelona, Spain

 Fundacio Catalana Sindrome, Barcelona Med Ctr, Barcelona, Spain

 Inst Salud Carlos III CIBER ISCIII, Ctr Invest Biomed Red Enfermedades Neurodegenerat, Madrid, Spain

Wisniewski, TM:
 NYU, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY USA

 NYU, Ctr Cognit Neurol, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Neurol, New York, NY USA

 NYU, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Pathol, New York, NY USA

Betensky, RA:
 NYU, Sch Global Publ Hlth, Dept Biostat, 708 Broadway, Broadway, NY USA

Lopresti, B:
 Univ Pittsburgh, Sch Med, Dept Radiol, Pittsburgh, PA USA

Mielke, MM:
 Wake Forest Univ, Bowman Gray Sch Med, Dept Epidemiol & Prevent, Winston Salem, NC USA

Convit, A:
 NYU, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY USA

 NYU, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Radiol, New York, NY USA

Osorio, RS:
 NYU, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY USA

 NYU, Ctr Cognit Neurol, Grossman Sch Med, Dept Neurol, New York, NY USA

 Nathan S Kline Inst Psychiat Res, Orangeburg, NY USA
ISSN: 15525260





ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA
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Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 21 Número: 10
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WOS Id: 001591882300001
ID de PubMed: 41074913
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