Age‐dependent effects of APOE ε4 in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

Autor: Josiah K. Leong, Chun Chieh Fan, Ole A. Andreassen, Rahul S. Desikan, Gerard D. Schellenberg, John Kornak, Anders M. Dale, Jennifer S. Yokoyama, Lilah M. Besser, Bruce L. Miller, Walter A. Kukull, Howard J. Rosen, William P. Dillon, Ethan G. Geier, Luke W. Bonham, Christopher P. Hess
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
ISSN: 2328-9503
Popis: Objective The ε4 allele of apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the strongest known common genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and alters age of onset in retrospective studies. Here, we longitudinally test the effects of APOE ε4 genotype and age during progression from normal cognition to AD. Methods Using data from 5381 cognitively normal older individuals and Cox proportional hazards models, we longitudinally tested the effects of APOE genotype on progression from normal cognition to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or AD in four age strata (
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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