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The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical and neuropsychological characteristics of AD patients with WMH.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This retrospective study involved 104 18-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission computed tomography (\n                      <jats:sup>18<\/jats:sup>\n                      FDG-PET-CT)-defined AD patients treated at Tianjin Huanhu Hospital from January 2010 to December 2022. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provided semi-quantitative data on brain structure and WMH. Collect and analyze patient clinical data. Neuropsychological assessments were used to evaluate cognitive function and psychobehavioral traits.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Among the 104 patients, 66 were in the WMH group (63.5%) and 38 in the non-white matter hyperintensity (non-WMH) group (36.5%). There were no significant differences in gender, age, age of onset, education, BMI, smoking, drinking, diabetes, coronary heart disease, dementia family history, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) between the two groups. The WMH group showed higher rates of hypertension, homocysteine (Hcy) levels, NPI, and CDR scores as compared to the non-WMH group (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). MMSE and MoCA scores were significantly lower in the WMH group (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). In the MMSE subitem analysis, patients in the WMH group showed a decrease in attention, recall, and language scores. In the MOCA subitem analysis, WMH patients had lower scores in executive function, naming, attention, language, abstraction, and orientation (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). Furthermore, subgroup analysis of NPI showed a higher incidence of delusions, depression, and apathy in the WMH group (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). According to the hierarchical analysis of mild, moderate and severe dementia groups, the hypertension, leukoencephalopathy, Hcy level, Fazekas total score, PWMH and DWMH scores in the severe dementia group were significantly higher than those in the mild and moderate dementia groups (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). As the disease progresses, more and more patients show increased white matter hyperintensity.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>White matter lesions are closely correlated with cognitive decline and psychobehavioral symptoms in AD patients, and may be used as an indicator of disease progression. Priority should be given to early screening and prevention of WMH-related risk factors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fneur.2024.1436030","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,2]],"date-time":"2024-10-02T00:53:24Z","timestamp":1727830404000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["The clinical and neuropsychological profiles of Alzheimer\u2019s disease with white matter hyperintensity in North China"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Yuan","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Miao","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuying","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Huihong","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pan","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jialing","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"106552","DOI":"10.1016\/j.clineuro.2021.106552","article-title":"White matter hyperintensities and patterns of atrophy in early onset Alzheimer\u2019s disease with causative gene mutations","volume":"203","author":"Mao","year":"2021","journal-title":"Clin Neurol Neurosurg"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"644","DOI":"10.1111\/ggi.14211","article-title":"Association of regional white matter hyperintensity volumes with cognitive dysfunction and vascular risk factors in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment","volume":"21","author":"Hirao","year":"2021","journal-title":"Geriatr Gerontol Int"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"981451","DOI":"10.3389\/fnagi.2022.981451","article-title":"Early-stage differentiation between Alzheimer\u2019s disease and frontotemporal lobe degeneration: clinical, neuropsychology, and neuroimaging features","volume":"14","author":"Li","year":"2022","journal-title":"Front Aging Neurosci"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"190","DOI":"10.2174\/1567202620666230522153438","article-title":"Association between H-type hypertension and white matter hyperintensity in patients with acute ischemic stroke","volume":"20","author":"Yang","year":"2023","journal-title":"Curr Neurovasc Res"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"14","DOI":"10.1186\/2051-5960-1-14","article-title":"Do brain T2\/FLAIR white matter hyperintensities correspond to myelin loss in normal aging? 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