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ArticleNature communications2025

Performance of plasma biomarkers for diagnosis and prediction of dementia in a Brazilian cohort.

Luis E Santos, Paulo Mattos, Thais L Pinheiro, Ananssa Silva, Claudia Drummond, Felipe Kenji Sudo, Fernanda Barros-Aragão, Bart Vanderborght, Carlos Otávio Brandão, Sergio T Ferreira and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Diagnostic performance of salivary markers of Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  2. Multicenter validation of plasma p-tau217/ amyloid beta 1-42 ratio in symptomatic Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  4. A harmonized framework for studying exceptional cognitive aging in Latin America.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  6. The landscape of dementia research, diagnosis, treatment, and care in Latin America.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  7. Association of plasma p-tau and p-tau/Aβ ratio with Alzheimer's pathology.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Luis E SantosD'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0694-733X
Paulo MattosD'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Thais L PinheiroD'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Ananssa SilvaD'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Claudia DrummondD'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Felipe Kenji SudoD'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4738-1368
Fernanda Barros-AragãoD'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1663-8346
Bart VanderborghtD'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Carlos Otávio BrandãoNeurolife - Cerebrospinal Fluid Specialized Laboratory, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Sergio T FerreiraD'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
IDOR Memory Clinic Initiative
Fernanda Tovar-MollD'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. fernanda.tovarmoll@idor.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0292-5985
Fernanda G De FeliceD'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. fernanda.defelice@queensu.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8358-0589

Funding

Canada Research Chairs (Chaires de recherche du Canada) CRC-2023-00155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite remarkable progress in the biomarker field in recent years, local validation of plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia is still lacking in Latin America. In this longitudinal cohort study of 145 elderly Brazilians, we assess the diagnostic performance of plasma biomarkers, based on clinical diagnosis and CSF biomarker positivity. Follow-up data of up to 4.7 years were used to determine performance in predicting diagnostic conversions. Participants were clinically categorized as cognitively unimpaired (n = 49), amnestic mild cognitive impairment (n = 29), AD (n = 38), Lewy body dementia (n = 22), or vascular dementia (n = 7). Plasma Tau, Aβ

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Alzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersDementiaAgedAged, 80 and overAmyloid beta-PeptidesBrazilCognitive DysfunctionCohort StudiesDementia, VascularFemaleHumansLewy Body DiseaseLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedAmyloid beta-Peptidesamyloid beta-protein (1-42)BiomarkersPeptide Fragmentstau Proteins

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PMID40133253
PMCPMC11937383

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