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Various associations of aging and long-term HIV infection with different neurocognitive functions: detailed analysis of a Japanese nationwide multicenter study

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Detailed information of the effects of age and long-term HIV infection on various neurocognitive function have not been fully evaluated yet. In a prospective Japanese nationwide multicenter study of 17 facilities (J-HAND study), 728 HIV-infected individuals completed 14 neuropsychological (NP) tests; Verbal Fluency (VF; category and letter), Digit Span (DS; forward and backward), Trail Making Test (TMT) A-B, Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCFT; copy, immediate and delayed recall), Story Memory Test (SMT; immediate and delayed recall), Digit Symbol Subset (DSS), and the Grooved Pegboard (GP; dominant and non-dominant). Multivariate analysis identified older age (≥ 50 years) to be associated with lower scores in all three ROCFT and GP dominant [odds ratio (OR) [95% confidence interval (CI)] 1.801 (1.217–2.664), 2402 (1.366–3.055), 2.691 (1.720–4.211), and 2.302 (1.145–4.628), respectively], whereas longer time since diagnosis was associated with a lower score in ROCFT (delayed recall) (OR 1.224, 95%CI 1.045–1.434). In VF letter, older age and longer time since diagnosis were associated with a better score [OR (95%CI) 0.449 (0.234–0.861) and 0.831 (0.692–0.997)]. In DSS and TMT-A, longer time since diagnosis was associated with a better score [OR (95%CI): 0.808 (0.670–0.973) and 0.795 (0.665–0.949), respectively]. Older patients in later years since diagnosis are at higher risk of visuospatial and motor impairments despite ART, whereas they are less likely to develop verbal impairment, suggesting that verbal function is relatively resistant to aging and long history of HIV infection under ART. These findings suggest that customtailored supports should be established based on the individual background.

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Acknowledgments

The authors express special thanks to all members of the J-HAND Data Center: Aki Watanabe, Ai Takahashi-Nakazato, Sota Kimura, Yoko Kiryu, Akiko Nakano, Misao Takano, Mikiko Ogata, and Yuko Tanaka, of AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine.

The authors also thank all members of the J-HAND Study Group: Tomoyuki Endo, Yoko Ishida, Mitsuo Okawa, Satoshi Hashino, Takeshi Kondo, and Katsuya Fujimoto of Hokkaido University, School of Medicine; Hiroki Tsukada, Takafumi Tezuka, and Miyuki Takeuchi of Niigata City Hospital; Yoshimi Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Gatanaga, Kunihisa Tsukada, Katsuji Teruya, Hirohisa Yazaki, Ikumi Genka, Takahiro Aoki, Daisuke Mizushima, Taiichiro Kobayashi, and Yasuaki Yanagawa of AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine; Hidetoshi Igari, Naruhiko Ishiwada, Noriko Takeuchi, Masako Ishikawa, Reiko Nabae, Moe Tashiro, Ryota Ono, and Takayuki Sakurai of Chiba University, School of Medicine; Yasuo Ota, Ichiro Koga, Takatoshi Kitazawa, Kazunori Senoh, Mihoko Kanbe, and Takahiro Tanaka of Teikyo University, School of Medicine; Toshio Naito and Shinichi Fukushima of Juntendo University, School of Medicine; Yoshiyuki Yokomaku, Mari Ishihara, Ayuko Matsuoka, and Yuko Mori of Nagoya Medical Center; Hideho Wada, Takashi Sugihara, Hirofumi Fukuda, Aki Yoshitake, Taizo Tasaka, Hidekazu Nakanishi, Yoshiko Matsuhashi, and Toshinori Kondo of Kawasaki Medical University; Kasumi Ishiguro, Makie Okada, Etsuko Kadota, Kaoru Mikasa, Sayoko Oyama, Sanae Saito, Yuri Funada, Takahiro Kinashi, Terumi Hisamoto, and Taira Yano of Fukuyama Medical Center; Teruhisa Fujii, Seiji Saito, Naoya Yamazaki, Nobuko Kihana, Ryoko Ogawa, Izumi Asai, and Asuka Sato of Hiroshima University, School of Medicine; Kiyonori Takada, Jun Yamanouchi, Koichiro Suemori, Hidemoto Nakanishi, and Yuichi Murakami of Ehime University, School of Medicine; Hikaru Yamashita, Department of Psychology; Ehime University, Joh Sato, Asako Usui, Megumi Takiguchi, Tomoko Furunaga, Kaori Kawamoto, Yuki Takeshige, and Toshie Adachi of Kanmon Medical Center; Masahiro Yamamoto, Mariko Tsuji, and Atsuko Sakaki of Kyushu Medical Center; Kazuyoshi Saito, Machie Soga, Misako Tanaka, Katsunori Suzuki, and Mieko Teramoto of Industrial Medical University; Shuzo Matsushita, Toshikazu Miyakawa, Hirotomo Nakata, Yumiko Ezaki, Akiko Shibuya, Masatoshi Takaki, Saori Ueno, and Kie Takemura of Kumamoto University, School of Medicine; Teruhito Hashiguchi, Yoshinao Furukawa, Kayo Uemura, Heiichiro Hamada, Hiroshi Takashima, Akira Sano, Chihoko Tabata, Satomi Tsuneyoshi, Yayoi Maemura, Yasuo Takeda, Keiko Yachi, Kazuhiro, Takahama, Mihoko Tanaka, Niimi Ishihara, Masakaze Matsushita, Masako Iida, Shinnosuke Miyazato, and Haruka Makiyama of Kagoshima University, School of Medicine; and Masao Tateyama, Daisuke Tominaga, Kaoru Ue, Shuta Nakamura, Futoshi Higa, Kyoko Miyagi, Saori Maeda, Ichiko Oshiro, Yumiko Hedona, and Yumi Tabata of Ryukyu University, School of Medicine.

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Komatsu, K., Kinai, E., Sakamoto, M. et al. Various associations of aging and long-term HIV infection with different neurocognitive functions: detailed analysis of a Japanese nationwide multicenter study. J. Neurovirol. 25, 208–220 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13365-018-0704-7

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