Abstract
Objective: To study the correlation between serum inflammatory factors, oxidative stress factors and frailty, and cognitive frailty in patients with cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD).Methods: A total of 281 patients with CSVD were selected from Tianjin Huanhu Hospital and Inner Mongolia People's Hospital from March 2019 to March 2021. CSVD was diagnosed by MRI. The FRAIL scale was used to evaluate the frailty of patients. Patients with CSVD with frailty and MMSE score <27 were considered to have cognitive frailty. Patients with non-cognitive frailty were included in the control group. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) were used to evaluate the cognitive function of patients with CSVD. The serum interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP-3), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and malondialdehyde (MDA) of patients with CSVD were detected. The correlation between blood inflammatory factors and oxidative stress factors with the frailty and cognitive frailty patients of CSVD were analyzed. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to analyze the correlation between cognitive frailty and CSVD.Results: Among the patients with CSVD selected in this study, female patients and older patients had a higher proportion of frailty (p < 0.001). In the Frail group, MoCA score and MMSE score were significantly lower than in the Pre-Frail and Robust groups, Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) and Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) scores were significantly higher than the Pre-Frail and Robust groups, and the differences were statistically significant (p < 0.05). Serum CRP, IL-6, TNF-α, MMP-3, and MDA levels in the Frail group were higher, but SOD levels were lower. The levels of serum CRP, IL-6, TNF-α, MMP-3, and MDA in patients with CSVD in the Cognitive Frailty group were significantly higher than those of the Control group, while the levels of SOD were significantly lower than those of the Control group, and the differences were significant (p < 0.001). The results of univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that CRP, TNF-α, MMP-3, and MDA levels were associated with cognitive frailty in patients with CSVD (p < 0.05).Conclusion: The increase of serum CRP, TNF-α, MMP-3, and MDA levels are significantly related to the increased risk of frailty and cognitive frailty in patients with CSVD.
Highlights
Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is a common clinical cerebrovascular disease with a high incidence
The analysis results showed that among the patients with CSVD selected in this study, female patients and older patients had a higher proportion of frailty (p < 0.001)
The results showed that C-reactive protein (CRP), tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), and MDA levels were associated with cognitive frailty in patients with CSVD (p < 0.05)
Summary
Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is a common clinical cerebrovascular disease with a high incidence. Capillaries, and venules of the brain are the most common causes of vascular cognitive disorders and dementia [1,2,3]. With the acceleration of population aging and the high incidence of risk factors for cerebrovascular diseases, CSVD is increasing, which increases the social burden and reduces the quality of life of patients. Frailty is a physiological decline syndrome occurring with aging, which is characterized by reduced functional reserve and increased vulnerability [4]. In the process of human aging, all people will have cognitive decline, and some elderly people will eventually suffer cognitive impairment and dementia. Cognitive frailty refers to a clinical syndrome of reduced cognitive reserve (except dementia) combined with physical weakness [7].
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