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Brain patterns and risk factors in the FINGER RCT multimodal lifestyle intervention
Giulia Lorenzon, Anna Marseglia, Rosaleena Mohanty, Jenni Lehtisalo, Konstantinos Poulakis, Tiia Ngandu, Alina Solomon, Miia Kivipelto et al.. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease, 2025-09-24
Topic: Brain imaging, connectivity and assessment
Clusters with diffuse or frontal-predominant cortical thinning, but with more favourable vascular profiles, characterized by lower blood pressure and reduced obesity, showed significantly less cortical thinning (mean thickness, AD-signature, and resilience-signature regions; all p < 0.05) following the intervention. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Stratifying at-risk individuals by GM patterns and vascular risk revealed differential brain responses to the FINGER intervention. These findings underscore the value of brain-based subtyping to optimize personalized dementia prevention strategies in heterogeneous at-risk populations. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01041989.
Key findings
- Clusters with diffuse or frontal-predominant cortical thinning, but with more favourable vascular profiles, characterized by lower blood pressure and reduced obesity, showed significantly less cortical thinning (mean thickness, AD-signature, and resilience-signature regions; all p < 0.05) following the intervention.
- CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Stratifying at-risk individuals by GM patterns and vascular risk revealed differential brain responses to the FINGER intervention.
- These findings underscore the value of brain-based subtyping to optimize personalized dementia prevention strategies in heterogeneous at-risk populations.
- TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01041989.
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Study details
- Study designrandomized controlled trial
- Participants120
- Evidence strengthHigh
How this study scored 80/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a randomised controlled trial. Scored zero for effect reported because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multi-centre collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 45 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 80 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 11 / 12 | A randomised controlled trial |
| Strength of evidence | 5 / 5 | Rated “high” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 4 / 5 | 2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 2 / 4 | 120 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomised / blinded | 1 / 2 | Randomised (as stated in the record) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 40998691) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 45 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 45 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 80 out of 100. |
| Total | 80 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Lorenzon, G., Marseglia, A., Mohanty, R., Lehtisalo, J., Poulakis, K., Ngandu, T., et al. (2025). Brain patterns and risk factors in the FINGER RCT multimodal lifestyle intervention. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100390
Vancouver
Lorenzon G, Marseglia A, Mohanty R, Lehtisalo J, Poulakis K, Ngandu T, et al. Brain patterns and risk factors in the FINGER RCT multimodal lifestyle intervention. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease. 2025. doi:10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100390. PMID: 40998691.
BibTeX
@article{lorenzon2025-40998691,
author = {Lorenzon, Giulia and Marseglia, Anna and Mohanty, Rosaleena and Lehtisalo, Jenni and Poulakis, Konstantinos and Ngandu, Tiia and Solomon, Alina and Kivipelto, Miia and others},
title = {{Brain patterns and risk factors in the FINGER RCT multimodal lifestyle intervention}},
journal = {The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100390},
pmid = {40998691},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100390}
}
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