Variable Details

Available Studies

ROS, MAP, MARS, Clinical Core, LATC

Scaled? 

Not Scaled

Variable Type 

Longitudinal

Variable Name 

wmhpct_log10

Categories

Neuroimaging

White matter hyperintensities volume
Log10 of percent intracranial volume occupied by white matter hyperintensities

White matter hyperintensities (WMH) volume is the logarithm base 10 of the percent of the intracranial volume occupied by WMH. The total volume of WMH is divided by the intracranial volume, multiplied by 100, and then transformed with the logarithm base 10.

Publications

Lamar M, Arfanakis K, Yu L, Kapasi A, Duke Han S, Fleischman DA, Bennett DA, Boyle P. The Relationship of MRI-Derived Alzheimer's and Cerebrovascular-Related Signatures With Level of and Change in Health and Financial Literacy. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2023 Dec; 31 (12):1129-1139. PubMed PMID: 37541932; PubMedCentral PMCID: PMC10800641