Associations of ambient manganese exposure with brain gray matter thickness and white matter hyperintensities
- Authors
- Woo, Shinyoung; Noh, Young; Koh, Sang-Baek; Lee, Seung-Koo; Lee, Jung Il; Kim, Ho Hyun; Kim, Sun- Young; Cho, Jaelim; Kim, Changsoo
- Issue Date
- Aug-2023
- Publisher
- SPRINGERNATURE
- Keywords
- Manganese exposure; Brain MRI marker; White matter hyperintensity
- Citation
- HYPERTENSION RESEARCH, v.46, no.8, pp.1870 - 1879
- Journal Title
- HYPERTENSION RESEARCH
- Volume
- 46
- Number
- 8
- Start Page
- 1870
- End Page
- 1879
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/88786
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41440-023-01291-1
- ISSN
- 0916-9636
- Abstract
- Manganese (Mn) exposure is associated with increased risks of dementia and cerebrovascular disease. However, evidence regarding the impact of ambient Mn exposure on brain imaging markers is scarce. We aimed to investigate the association between ambient Mn exposure and brain imaging markers representing neurodegeneration and cerebrovascular lesions. We recruited a total of 936 adults (442 men and 494 women) without dementia, movement disorders, or stroke from the Republic of Korea. Ambient Mn concentrations were predicted at each participant's residential address using spatial modeling. Neurodegeneration-related brain imaging markers, such as the regional cortical thickness, were estimated using 3 T brain magnetic resonance images. White matter hyperintensity volume (an indicator of cerebrovascular lesions) was also obtained from a certain number of participants (n = 397). Linear regression analyses were conducted after adjusting for potential confounders. A log-transformed ambient Mn concentration was associated with thinner parietal (beta = -0.02 mm; 95% confidence interval [CI], -0.05 to -0.01) and occipital cortices (beta = -0.03 mm; 95% CI, -0.04 to -0.01) after correcting for multiple comparisons. These associations remained statistically significant in men. An increase in the ambient Mn concentration was also associated with a greater volume of deep white matter hyperintensity in men (beta = 772.4 mm(3), 95% CI: 36.9 to 1508.0). None of the associations were significant in women. Our findings suggest that ambient Mn exposure may induce cortical atrophy in the general adult population.
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