Accelerated Aging after Traumatic Brain Injury: an ENIGMA Multi-Cohort Mega-Analysis
Author:
Dennis Emily LORCID, Vervoordt SamanthaORCID, Adamson Maheen MORCID, Amiri HoushangORCID, Bigler Erin DORCID, Caeyenberghs KarenORCID, Cole James HORCID, Dams-O’Connor KristenORCID, Deutscher Evelyn MORCID, Dobryakova EkaterinaORCID, Genova Helen M, Grafman Jordan HORCID, Håberg Asta KORCID, Hollstrøm TorgeirORCID, Irimia AndreiORCID, Koliatsos Vassilis E, Lindsey Hannah MORCID, Livny Abigail, Menon David KORCID, Merkley Tricia LORCID, Mohamed Abdalla ZORCID, Mondello StefaniaORCID, Monti Martin MORCID, Newcome Virginia FJORCID, Newsome Mary R, Ponsford JennieORCID, Rabinowitz Amanda, Smevik HanneORCID, Spitz Gershon, Vankatesan Umesh M, Westlye Lars TORCID, Zafonte Ross, Thompson Paul MORCID, Wilde Elisabeth AORCID, Olsen AlexanderORCID, Hillary Frank G
Abstract
AbstractObjectiveThe long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on brain structure remain uncertain. In light of current evidence that even a single significant brain injury event increases the risk of dementia, brain-age estimation could provide a novel and efficient indexing of the long-term consequences of TBI. Brain-age procedures use predictive modeling to calculate brain-age scores for an individual using MRI data. Complicated mild, moderate and severe TBI (cmsTBI) is associated with a higher predicted (brain) age difference (PAD), but the progression of PAD over time remains unclear. Here we sought to examine whether PAD increases as a function of time since injury (TSI).MethodsAs part of the ENIGMA Adult Moderate and Severe (AMS)-TBI working group, we examine the largest TBI sample to date (n=343), along with controls, for a total sample size of 540, to reproduce and extend prior findings in the study of TBI brain age. T1w-MRI data were aggregated across 7 cohorts and brain age was established using a similar brain age algorithm to prior work in TBI.ResultsFindings show that PAD widens with longer TSI, and there was evidence for differences between sexes in PAD, with men showing more advanced brain age. We did not find evidence supporting a link between PAD and cognitive performance.InterpretationThis work provides evidence that changes in brain structure after cmsTBI are dynamic, with an initial period of change, followed by relative stability, eventually leading to further changes in the decades after a single cmsTBI.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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