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Abstract #3445

Sex Differences and Age-Related Decline in Absolute Cerebral Metabolic Rate of Oxygen (CMRO2) Consumption

Rebecca Williams1,2, Alexander Cohen3, R. Marc Lebel4,5, M. Ethan MacDonald6, Yang Wang3, and G. Bruce Pike2,5
1Faculty of Health, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia, 2Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 3Department of Radiology, Medical College Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States, 4GE Healthcare, Calgary, AB, Canada, 5Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 6Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical & Software Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

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Keywords: fMRI Analysis, fMRI, cerebral metabolism, calibrated fMRI, aging, sex

Motivation: Resting CMRO2 is a marker of brain health that may inform typical and pathological brain aging. However, there is conflicting literature describing how CMRO2 changes across the lifespan, which may be influenced by extraneous variables such as sex and end-tidal partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PETCO2).

Goal(s): This study aimed to evaluate CMRO2 changes across the lifespan, after considering these possible confounding variables.

Approach: Dual-calibrated BOLD fMRI quantified grey matter absolute CMRO2 in 83 participants.

Results: Sex and age significantly predicted CMRO2. Females had higher CMRO2 than males, and CMRO2 decreased with increasing age for females.

Impact: Grey matter CMRO2 decreases in normal healthy aging. Considering both sexes, the CMRO2 decline rate was -0.88 per year, after accounting for PETCO2 and sex. When males and females were analysed separately, females only showed a significant decline with age.

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