Confounding factors to Alzheimer`s disease plasma biomarkers in patients from a memory‐clinic cohort

Matheus Scarpatto Rodrigues, Markley Oliveira, Firoza Z Lussier, Pamela CL Ferreira, Guilherme Bauer‐Negrini, Guilherme Povala, Cynthia Felix, Sarah Abbas, Hussein Zalzale, Carolina Soares, Pampa Saha, Marina Scop Madeiros, Chang Hyung Hong, Hyun Woong Roh, Helmet T Karim, Jade de Oliveira, Eduardo · 2025

Read Confounding factors to Alzheimer`s disease plasma biomarkers in patients from a memory‐clinic cohort by Matheus Scarpatto Rodrigues, Markley Oliveira, Firoza Z Lussier, Pamela CL Ferreira, Guilherme Bauer‐Negrini, Guilherme Povala, Cynthia Felix, Sarah Abbas, Hussein Zalzale, Carolina Soares, Pampa Saha, Marina Scop Madeiros, Chang Hyung Hong, Hyun Woong Roh, Helmet T Karim, Jade de Oliveira, Eduardo (2025) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-11716922.txt.

Description

Matheus Rodrigues and co-authors check, in a 2025 study, what else can move blood test results for Alzheimer's disease besides the disease itself. As blood tests spread into clinics, other common health problems might bend the readings and lead doctors astray.

The team studied 832 people from a memory clinic cohort, most of them with thinking problems. They tested how each health condition shifted four blood markers, while accounting for diagnosis, age, and sex. Mapping these side effects helps clinics read borderline results with more care. A marker that looks high may partly reflect a kidney, heart, or metabolic problem rather than brain change alone.

Catalog record

CREATORMatheus Scarpatto Rodrigues, Markley Oliveira, Firoza Z Lussier, Pamela CL Ferreira, Guilherme Bauer‐Negrini, Guilherme Povala, Cynthia Felix, Sarah Abbas, Hussein Zalzale, Carolina Soares, Pampa Saha, Marina Scop Madeiros, Chang Hyung Hong, Hyun Woong Roh, Helmet T Karim, Jade de Oliveira, Eduardo
YEAR2025
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE3 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11716922

Browse the full library · About the Tower of Babel