Metabolic syndrome severity and the energetic cost of brain network transitions: A normative modeling study of accelerated brain aging.
The 10 matches
- [1] § Results › MetS-sensitive cognitive states based on network control alterations ↔ cognitive_map_generation.py, lines 9–66 · score 0.78 · mental imagery, memory retrieval, working memory, verbal, navigation, inference
- [2] § Methods › Normative modeling of control energy across canonical brain networks: Estimating brain age gap (BAG) ↔ normative_modeling.py, lines 15–33 · score 0.73 · PCNtoolkit, normative modeling, BLR models, cubic, splines, age
- [3] § Methods › Normative modeling of control energy across canonical brain networks: Estimating brain age gap (BAG) ↔ normative_modeling.py, lines 124–151 · score 0.72 · household income, normative modeling, quintile, Townsend, alcohol, smoking
- [4] § Methods › Spatial colocalization of network controllability deviations with PET and cell-type gene expression ↔ colocalization.py, lines 58–81 · score 0.69 · Allen Human Brain, randomization, gene, cells, colocalization, permutation
- [5] § Results › Relationship between the activation energies of eight canonical brain networks and metabolic indicators ↔ PLSC.py, lines 15–33 · score 0.69 · latent variables, HbA1c, waist circumference, variance, PLSC, triglycerides
- [6] § Methods › Normative modeling of control energy across canonical brain networks: Estimating brain age gap (BAG) ↔ brain_age_gap.py, lines 33–45 · score 0.69 · predicted age, age corrected, fit, gap, splines, BAGs
- [7] § Methods › Spatial colocalization of network controllability deviations with PET and cell-type gene expression ↔ colocalization.py, lines 58–81 · score 0.68 · Allen Human Brain, colocalization, NiSpace, MetS, gene, cell
- [8] § Methods › Cardiometabolic and cognitive assessment ↔ tmap_generation.py, lines 3–28 · score 0.64 · HbA1c, waist circumference, diastolic, systolic, triglycerides, HDL
- [9] § Methods › Cardiometabolic and cognitive assessment ↔ multiple_regression.py, lines 92–109 · score 0.59 · HbA1c, waist circumference, DBP, SBP, triglycerides, HDL
- [10] § Results › Relationship between the activation energies of eight canonical brain networks and metabolic indicators ↔ PLSC.py, lines 15–33 · score 0.56 · latent variable, Bootstrap, BP, Variance, PLSC, permutation
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- import pandas as pd
- import numpy as np
- import os
- from patsy import dmatrix
- from pcntoolkit.normative import estimate
- cohort = pd.read_csv('cohort.csv')
- activation = pd.read_csv('activation.csv') ## controllability.csv, metabolic_feature.csv
- data = pd.merge(cohort, activation, how='inner', on='eid')
- data.to_csv('whole_data.csv', index=False)
- ability = [col for col in activation.columns if col != 'eid']
- # ability = ['BMI', 'Weight', 'Waist circumference', 'Hip circumference', 'HbA1c', 'HDL', 'LDL', 'Cholesterol', 'Triglycerides', 'Systolic BP', 'Diastolic BP']
- """
- ==========================================================================
- UKB Normative Modeling Pipeline
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ✓ preprocessing: sex, income, alcohol, education, ethnity(White vs Non-White),
- Townsend quintile(1–5), smoking/center one-hot
- ✓ spline(age) : cubic B-spline, df=5, no intercept
- ✓ covariates : covariates.txt
- ✓ site (dummy) : site.txt
- ✓ response : <network>_response.txt
- ✓ BLR modeling : PCNtoolkit
- ==========================================================================
- """
- # === [0] Basic setting & module =====================================================
- import os
- import numpy as np
- import pandas as pd
- from patsy import dmatrix
- from pcntoolkit.normative import estimate
- # -----------------------------------------------------------------
- DATA_FILE = "whole_data.csv"
- OUT_DIR = "blr_spline_pcntoolkit_outputs"
- NETWORKS = ability
- os.makedirs(OUT_DIR, exist_ok=True)
- # === [1] Import data ======================================================
- df = pd.read_csv(DATA_FILE)
- # === [2] NaN processing ------------------------------------------------------
- def _to_nan(x):
- if isinstance(x, str) and x.strip() in ["Do not know", "Prefer not to answer"]:
- return np.nan
- return x
- cols_str = ['sex', 'household_income', 'alcohol',
- 'education', 'smoking', 'center', 'ethnity']
- df[cols_str] = df[cols_str].applymap(_to_nan)
- # === [3] Individual covariate encoding ---------------------------------------------------
- # 3-1) sex (0 = Male, 1 = Female) --------------------------------------------
- df['sex'] = df['sex'].map({'Male': 0, 'Female': 1})
- # 3-2) household_income (ordinal 0–4) ----------------------------------------
- income_order = {
- 'Less than 18,000': 0, '18,000 to 30,999': 1,
- '31,000 to 51,999': 2, '52,000 to 100,000': 3,
- 'Greater than 100,000': 4
- }
- df['household_income'] = df['household_income'].map(income_order)
- df['household_income'].fillna(int(df['household_income'].median()), inplace=True)
- # 3-3) alcohol (ordinal 0–5) --------------------------------------------------
- alcohol_order = {
- 'Never': 0, 'Special occasions only': 1, 'One to three times a month': 2,
- 'Once or twice a week': 3, 'Three or four times a week': 4,
- 'Daily or almost daily': 5
- }
- df['alcohol'] = df['alcohol'].map(alcohol_order)
- df['alcohol'].fillna(int(df['alcohol'].median()), inplace=True)
- # 3-4) education (0–3) --------------------------------------------------------
- def simplify_education(text):
- if pd.isna(text): return np.nan
- if 'College or University degree' in text: return 3
- if 'A levels/AS levels' in text: return 2
- if 'O levels/GCSEs' in text: return 1
- if 'None of the above' in text: return 0
- return 1
- df['education'] = df['education'].apply(simplify_education)
- df['education'].fillna(int(df['education'].median()), inplace=True)
- # 3-5) ethnity → White vs Non-White (binary) ----------------------------------
- white_cats = ['British', 'Irish', 'Any other white background', 'White']
- df['is_nonwhite'] = df['ethnity'].apply(
- lambda x: 1.0 if pd.notna(x) and x not in white_cats
- else 0.0 if pd.notna(x) and x in white_cats
- else np.nan
- )
- df['is_nonwhite'].fillna(df['is_nonwhite'].median(), inplace=True)
- df.drop(columns=['ethnity'], inplace=True)
- # 3-6) Townsend index → 5-quantile (1–5) --------------------------------------
- df['townsend_quintile'] = pd.qcut(
- df['townsend'], 5, labels=[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
- ).astype(float)
- df['townsend_quintile'].fillna(3, inplace=True)
- # 3-7) smoking & center one-hot -----------
- for col in ['smoking', 'center']:
- df[col].fillna('Unknown', inplace=True)
- df = pd.get_dummies(df, columns=['smoking', 'center'], drop_first=False)
- # ✅ one-hot bool type → float
- df = df.astype(float)
- # === [4] Type change ==================================
- if len(df.select_dtypes('object').columns):
- raise ValueError(f"Still remain string: {df.select_dtypes('object').columns.tolist()}")
- # === [5] Spline(age) generation =====================================================
- spline_df = dmatrix(
- "bs(age, df=5, degree=3, include_intercept=False)",
- {"age": df["age"]}, return_type='dataframe'
- )
- spline_df.columns = [f"spline_{i}" for i in range(spline_df.shape[1])]
- # === [6] covariate dataframe & save ======================================
- # smoking_/center_ dummy column
- smoking_dummies = [c for c in df.columns if c.startswith('smoking_')]
- center_dummies = [c for c in df.columns if c.startswith('center_')]
- '''
- non_spline_vars = [
- 'sex', 'household_income', 'alcohol', 'education',
- 'townsend_quintile', 'is_nonwhite'
- ] + smoking_dummies + center_dummies
- '''
- non_spline_vars = ['sex']
- cov_df = pd.concat(
- [spline_df.reset_index(drop=True), df[non_spline_vars].reset_index(drop=True)],
- axis=1
- )
- cov_path = os.path.join(OUT_DIR, "covariates.txt")
- site_path = os.path.join(OUT_DIR, "site.txt")
- cov_df.to_csv(cov_path, index=False, header=False, sep=' ')
- pd.DataFrame({'site': [0] * len(cov_df)}).to_csv(
- site_path, index=False, header=False, sep=' '
- )
- print(f"✅ covariates.txt saved → {cov_df.shape[0]} subjects × {cov_df.shape[1]} vars")
- # === [7] BLR model training ========================================================
- for net in NETWORKS:
- print(f"\n▶ BLR model training: {net}")
- resp_path = os.path.join(OUT_DIR, f"{net}_response.txt")
- df[[net]].to_csv(resp_path, index=False, header=False, sep=' ')
- # result directory
- net_outdir = os.path.join(OUT_DIR, net)
- os.makedirs(net_outdir, exist_ok=True)
- # PCNtoolkit BLR
- estimate(
- covfile=cov_path,
- respfile=resp_path,
- outdir=net_outdir,
- alg="blr",
- savemodel=True,
- standardize=True,
- variables=list(cov_df.columns),
- cvfolds=10,
- outputsuffix=net
- )
- print(f"✅ complete → result save: {net_outdir}")
- print("\n🎉 All network BLR pipeline completed!")
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Abstract
Although metabolic syndrome is a modifiable risk factor for functional decline in various organs, the brain network mechanisms linking metabolic cost to functional vulnerability remain poorly understood. We applied network control theory to diffusion magnetic resonance imaging-derived connectomes in 25,697 adults aged 40–70 years to quantify the energetic cost of engaging 8 large-scale brain networks. Metabolic syndrome was defined according to established criteria, with a composite score (0–5) based on the presence of central obesity, elevated triglycerides, reduced high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, hypertension, and impaired glycemic control. Normative modeling provided age-adjusted network deviations and brain age gap estimates. Associations with metabolic indicators and behavioral cognitive performance (7 tasks in UK Biobank) were tested, and meta-analytic mapping (123 cognitive states in Neurosynth) was used to identify at-risk domains. Severity of metabolic syndrome was associated with distinct, network-specific energetic alterations, including progressively increased subcortical control energy cost, decreased visual, and threshold changes in attentional and executive networks. The control energy profiles of the subcortical and visual networks exhibited accelerated brain age gap trajectories, reflecting significant departures from normative age-matched expectations. Waist circumference was the strongest metabolic predictor, with effects amplified in older age. Partial least squares correlation analysis revealed associations of metabolic profile (central obesity and dyslipidemia) with higher subcortical/
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- controllability.py, Python, 28 lines
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Park, H. S., & Jeong, B. (2026). Metabolic syndrome severity and the energetic cost of brain network transitions: A normative modeling study of accelerated brain aging. Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.), 4, IMAG.a.1282. https://
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author = {Park, Hyun Soo and Jeong, Bumseok},
title = {{Metabolic syndrome severity and the energetic cost of brain network transitions: A normative modeling study of accelerated brain aging}},
journal = {Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)},
year = {2026},
month = jun,
volume = {4},
pages = {IMAG.a.1282},
publisher = {MIT Press},
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