Functional connectome signature of general psychopathology in middle-aged and older adults: Evidence from multi-cohort, multi-ethnic analyses.
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- [1] § Results › General psychopathology brain network scores at baseline predict mortality risk ↔ scripts/mortality_prediction_cox.R, lines 1–62 · score 0.65 · Cox model, hazard ratio, education, sex, CI, brain score
- [2] § Methods › Brain connectivity patterns and clinical trajectories ↔ scripts/longitudinal_prediction.R, lines 108–186 · score 0.59 · post hoc, ANOVAs, FDR, Tukey, GAD, AUDIT
- [3] § Methods › Prediction of mortality risk ↔ scripts/mortality_prediction_cox.R, lines 1–62 · score 0.58 · hazard ratios, Cox, education, sex, mortality, brain score
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- library(survival)
- library(tidyverse)
- library(broom)
- library(gridExtra)
- library(lmtest)
- #load data
- brain = read.csv('synthetic_data/synthetic_cox_data.csv')
- res.cox <- coxph(Surv(time, survival) ~ age + sex + Years_of_education + TDI + brain_score_lv1+brain_score_lv2, data = brain)
- summary(res.cox)
- res.cox_base <- coxph(Surv(time, survival) ~ age + sex+ Years_of_education + TDI , data = brain)
- summary(res.cox_base)
- lrtest(res.cox_base,res.cox)
- # Define the desired order of terms
- desired_order <- c("brain_score_lv2", "brain_score_lv1", "TDI", "Years_of_education", "sex", "age")
- plot1 = coxph(Surv(time, survival) ~ age + sex + Years_of_education + TDI + brain_score_lv1 + brain_score_lv2, data = brain) %>%
- tidy() %>%
- arrange(term) %>%
- mutate(term = factor(term, levels = desired_order)) %>%
- mutate(upper = estimate + 1.96 * std.error,
- lower = estimate - 1.96 * std.error,
- color = ifelse((upper > 0 & lower < 0), "black", ifelse(estimate > 1, "green4", "red3"))) %>%
- mutate(across(all_of(c("estimate", "lower", "upper")), exp)) %>%
- ggplot(aes(estimate, term, color = color)) +
- geom_vline(xintercept = 1, color = "red",linetype = "dashed", alpha = 0.5) +
- geom_linerange(aes(xmin = lower, xmax = upper), size = 4, alpha = 0.5) +
- geom_point(size = 5) +
- theme_minimal(base_size = 16) +
- scale_color_identity() +
- xlim(c(0, 2)) +
- labs(y = NULL,
- x = "Hazard ratio estimate") +
- theme(text = element_text(size = 40, family = "sans"),
- legend.position = 'none',
- panel.border = element_blank(),
- axis.line = element_line(),
- panel.grid.major = element_blank(),
- panel.grid.minor = element_blank(),
- axis.text.x = element_text(colour = "black", size = 40),
- axis.text.y = element_text(colour = "black", size = 40)) +
- scale_y_discrete(labels = c("Years_of_education" = "Education", "sex" = "Sex",
- "brain_score_lv1" = "LV1 Brain score",
- "brain_score_lv2" = "LV2 Brain score",
- "age" = "Age"))
- cox_model = res.cox
- # Get model summary
- ## OR point estimate table
- desired_order2 <- c("age", "sex", "Years_of_education", "TDI", "brain_score_lv1", "brain_score_lv2")
- cox_summary <- tidy(res.cox, exponentiate = TRUE, conf.int = TRUE) %>%
- mutate(term = factor(term, levels = desired_order2)) %>%
- arrange(term) %>%
- mutate(upper = conf.high,
- lower = conf.low,
- color = ifelse((upper > 0 & lower < 0), "black", ifelse(estimate > 1, "green4", "red3"))) %>%
- mutate(CI = paste0(round(lower, 2), " - ", round(upper, 2)))
- table_base <- ggplot(cox_summary) +
- ylab(NULL) + xlab(" ") +
- theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5, size=30),
- axis.text.x = element_text(color="white", hjust = -0.1, size = 25), ## This is used to help with alignment
- axis.line = element_blank(),
- axis.text.y = element_blank(),
- axis.ticks = element_blank(),
- axis.title.y = element_blank(),
- legend.position = "none",
- panel.background = element_blank(),
- panel.border = element_blank(),
- panel.grid.major = element_blank(),
- panel.grid.minor = element_blank(),
- plot.background = element_blank())
- tab1 <- table_base +
- labs(title = "space") +
- geom_text(aes(y = factor(rev(term), levels = desired_order2), x = 1, label = sprintf("%0.2f", round(estimate, digits = 2))),
- size = 13, vjust = -1.5,
- color = ifelse((cox_summary$lower < 1 & cox_summary$upper > 1), "black", "red")) + ## Adjusted condition for coloring
- ggtitle("HR") +
- theme(plot.title = element_text(margin = margin(b = 20),face = "bold")) ## Increase margin between title and text
- tab2 <- table_base +
- geom_text(aes(y = factor(rev(term), levels = desired_order2), x = 1, label = CI),
- size = 13, vjust = -1.5,
- color = ifelse((cox_summary$lower < 1 & cox_summary$upper > 1), "black", "red")) + ## Adjusted condition for coloring
- ggtitle("95% CI") +
- theme(plot.title = element_text(margin = margin(b = 20),face = "bold")) ## Increase margin between title and text
- # Arrange the plots and tables
- lay <- matrix(c(1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,3,3), nrow = 1)
- grid.arrange(plot1, tab1, tab2, layout_matrix = lay)
mortality_prediction_cox.R at commit baa4810, no license · at the source
Overview
- Centre for Sleep and Cognition & Centre for Translational Magnetic Resonance Research, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Healthy Longevity & Human Potential Translational Research Program and Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Institute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme (ISEP), NUS Graduate School, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract
Mental health disorders are increasingly prevalent in middle-aged and older adults, a population undergoing substantial brain network reorganization. We aimed to identify whole-brain connectivity patterns associated with transdiagnostic psychiatric dimensions and their links to mental health trajectories and mortality. We analyzed resting-state functional connectivity from the UK Biobank (N = 6529) using multivariate partial least squares analysis to identify latent variables linking brain networks with mental health symptoms. Associations with longitudinal mental health outcomes and mortality risk were examined. Validation of the psychopathology-linked connectome constructs was conducted in HCP-Aging (N = 697) and a Singapore-based community dwelling elderly cohort known as the SG70 Study (N = 943). Two robust latent variables emerged. The first represented a general psychopathology factor (p = 0.0006, 28.0% of the overall covariance), marked by altered connectivity in the somatomotor and default mode networks. The second (p < 0.0001, 17.2% of the overall covariance) distinguished affective disorders from alcohol use disorder via attentional and subcortical network patterns. Importantly, the general psychopathology brain scores differentiated groups with varying future depression trajectories (F(3) = 16.47, p < 0.0001) and were linked to elevated mortality risk (HR = 1.31, CI [1.06–1.62], p = 0.014). This same connectivity signature was also associated with general mental health outcomes in HCP-Aging (rho = 0.13, p = 0.015) and depression in SG70 (rho = 0.07, p = 0.031), demonstrating cross-country and multiethnic robustness. Our findings reveal a stable, interpretable brain connectome-based signature of general psychopathology in later life. This work provides insight into mechanisms of vulnerability and suggests that brain-based markers may help indicate risk and differentiate patterns of symptom persistence, transition, and remission across disorders in aging populations.
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plsc_analysis.m , MATLAB, 248 lines - README.md, Text, 61 lines
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The data used in this study were obtained from the UK Biobank and the Human Connectome Project in Aging (HCP-Aging). These data are available to qualified researchers through application to the respective data access procedures. All code used in these analyses is publicly available on GitHub at https://
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- Funding: added National University of Singapore; Ministry of Education - Singapore: MOE-T2EP40120-0007 & T2EP2-0223-0025, MOE-T2EP20220-0001; Ministry of Education, India; National University Health System; Medical Research Council; National Medical Research Council: CIRG21nov-0007, NMRC/OFLCG19May-0035, NMRC/CIRG/1485/2018, NMRC/CSA-SI/0007/2016, NMRC/MOH-00707-01, NMRC/CG/435 M009/2017-NUH/NUHS, CIRG21nov-0007, HLCA23Feb-0004, and OFIRG24Jul-0049, OFLCG19MAY-0035, NMRC/CSA-SI/0007/2016, NMRC/OFLCG19May‐0035, HLCA23Feb‐0004
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Nguyen, T. T., Ng, K. K., Lew, V. H., Koi, J. J. X., Loh, W. L., Koh, W.-P., & Zhou, J. H. (2026). Functional connectome signature of general psychopathology in middle-aged and older adults: Evidence from multi-cohort, multi-ethnic analyses. Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.), 4, IMAG.a.1308. https://
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@article{nguyen2026funct
author = {Nguyen, Thuan Tinh and Ng, Kwun Kei and Lew, Voon Hao and Koi, Janice Jue Xin and Loh, Wen Liang and Koh, Woon-Puay and Zhou, Juan Helen},
title = {{Functional connectome signature of general psychopathology in middle-aged and older adults: Evidence from multi-cohort, multi-ethnic analyses}},
journal = {Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)},
year = {2026},
month = jul,
volume = {4},
pages = {IMAG.a.1308},
publisher = {MIT Press},
issn = {2837-6056},
doi = {10.1162/
url = {https://
pmid = {42483417},
pmcid = {PMC13386346}
}
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