Decoding subphenotypes in electronic medical records within late-onset Alzheimer's disease reveals heterogeneity and sex-specific differences
Katsuhara, Y.; Khan, U.; Miller, Z. A.; Allen, I. E.; Oskotsky, T. T.; Sirota, M.; Tang, A. S.
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We applied unsupervised learning techniques to electronic medical records from UCSF to identify distinct Alzheimers disease subgroups based on comorbidity profiles. Given the well-known female sex predominance in Alzheimers disease prevalence, we performed sex-stratified analyses to evaluate differences in disease manifestations based on sex. Findings were validated using an independent UC-Wide dataset. Among 8,363 patients, we identified five Alzheimers disease subphenotypes, characterized by comorbidities related to cardiovascular conditions, gastrointestinal disorders, and frailty-related conditions such as pneumonia and pressure ulcers. We further refined significant comorbidity variations across clusters through sex-stratified analyses, observing a higher prevalence of circulatory diseases in males in Cluster 2 and bladder stones in females in Cluster 3. Key results were consistent across the UCSF and UC-Wide datasets. Our study identifies clinically meaningful Alzheimers disease subgroups, along with sex-specific variations, suggesting underlying biological factors, and indicates the potential utility of these findings in informing individualized therapeutic regimens.
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