Plasma neurofilament light chain and risk of death and stroke in community-dwelling elderly individuals
Julia Aulin, Karl Sjölin, Erika Frank, Johan Lindbäck, Lars Lind, Joachim Burman, Magnus Bäck · 2026
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Description
The authors ask whether a blood marker of nerve damage predicts death or stroke in everyday older adults. They measured two such markers in 806 people aged 75 from a Swedish community study, then followed them for a median of ten years. Heart attacks, strokes, and deaths were tallied against the marker levels.
The nerve marker did not predict stroke or heart attack on its own. It did predict death from any cause: each doubling nearly doubled the risk. The second marker predicted nothing. The authors read the nerve marker as a sign of overall frailty rather than vessel risk.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Julia Aulin, Karl Sjölin, Erika Frank, Johan Lindbäck, Lars Lind, Joachim Burman, Magnus Bäck |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |