1008 Brain Age Based on Sleep Encephalography is Elevated in HIV+ Adults on ART

Abstract Introduction Sleep EEG is a promising tool to measure brain aging in vulnerable populations such as people with HIV, who are high risk of brain aging due to co-morbidities, increased inflammation, and antiretroviral neurotoxicity. Our lab previously developed a machine learning model that e...

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Published in:Sleep (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2020-05, Vol.43 (Supplement_1), p.A383-A383
Main Authors: Leone, M J, Sun, H, Boutros, C, Sullivan, L, Thomas, R J, Robbins, G, Mukerji, S, Westover, M
Format: Article
Language:English
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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Age
Aging
AIDS
Antiretroviral drugs
Brain research
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Sleep
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Summary:Abstract Introduction Sleep EEG is a promising tool to measure brain aging in vulnerable populations such as people with HIV, who are high risk of brain aging due to co-morbidities, increased inflammation, and antiretroviral neurotoxicity. Our lab previously developed a machine learning model that estimates age from sleep EEG (brain age, BA), which reliably predicts chronological age (CA) in healthy adults. The difference between BA and CA, the brain age index (BAI), independently predicts mortality, and is increased by cardiovascular co-morbidities. Here, we assessed BAI in HIV+ compared to matched HIV- adults. Methods Sleep EEGs from 43 treated HIV+ adults were gathered and matched to controls (HIV-, n=284) by age, gender, race, alcoholism, smoking and substance use history. We compared BAI between groups and used additional causal interference methods to ensure robustness. Individual EEG features that underlie BA prediction were also compared. We performed a sub-analysis of BAI between HIV+ with or without a history of AIDS. Results After matching, mean CA of HIV+ vs HIV- adults were 49 and 48 years, respectively (n.s.). The mean HIV+ BAI was 3.04 years higher than HIV- (4.4 vs 1.4 yr; p=0.048). We found consistent and significant results with alternative causal inference methods. Several EEG features predictive of BA were different in the HIV+ and HIV- cohorts. Most notably, non-REM stage 2 sleep (N2) delta power (1-4Hz) was decreased in HIV+ vs. HIV- adults, while theta (4-8Hz) and alpha (8-12Hz) power were increased. Those with AIDS (n=19, BAI=4.40) did not have significantly different BAI than HIV+ without AIDS (n=23, BAI=5.22). HIV+ subjects had higher rates of insomnia (56% vs 29%, p
ISSN:0161-8105
1550-9109
DOI:10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.1004