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Neurology ; 65(11): 1759-63, 2005 Dec 13.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16207841

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BACKGROUND: Between 9% and 23% of patients undergoing otherwise uncomplicated carotid endarterectomy (CEA) develop subtle cognitive decline 1 month postoperatively. The APOE-epsilon4 allele has been associated with worse outcome following stroke. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the ability of APOE-epsilon4 to predict post-CEA neurocognitive dysfunction. METHODS: Seventy-five patients with CEA undergoing elective CEA were prospectively recruited in this nested cohort study and demographic variables were recorded. Patients were evaluated before and 1 month after surgery with a standard battery of five neuropsychological tests. APOE genotyping was performed by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis in all patients. Neuropsychological deficits were identified by comparing changes (before to 1 month post-operation) in individual performance on the test battery. Logistic regression was performed for APOE-epsilon4 and previously identified risk factors. RESULTS: Twelve of 75 (16%) CEA patients possessed the APOE-epsilon4 allele. Eight of 75 (11%) patients experienced neurocognitive dysfunction on postoperative day 30. One month post-CEA, APOE-epsilon4-positive patients were more likely to be cognitively injured (42%) than APOE-epsilon4-negative patients (5%) (p = 0.002). In multivariate analysis, the presence of the APOE-epsilon4 allele increased the risk of neurocognitive dysfunction at 1 month 62-fold (62.28, 3.15 to 1229, p = 0.007). Diabetes (51.42, 1.94 to 1363, p = 0.02), and obesity (24.43, 1.41 to 422.9, p = 0.03) also predisposed to injury. CONCLUSION: The APOE-epsilon4 allele is a robust independent predictor of neurocognitive decline 1 month following CEA.


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Apolipoproteins E/genetics , Cognition Disorders/genetics , Endarterectomy, Carotid/adverse effects , Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics , Aged , Apolipoprotein E4 , Case-Control Studies , Causality , Cognition Disorders/physiopathology , Cognition Disorders/psychology , Cohort Studies , DNA Mutational Analysis , Diabetes Complications/physiopathology , Female , Gene Frequency , Genetic Testing , Genotype , Humans , Ischemic Attack, Transient/genetics , Ischemic Attack, Transient/physiopathology , Male , Middle Aged , Neuropsychological Tests , Obesity/complications , Predictive Value of Tests , Prospective Studies
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