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Associations between retrospectively recalled napping behavior and later development of Alzheimer's disease: association with APOE genotypes.
Sleep - 1 Aug 2000
Asada T, Motonaga T, Yamagata Z, Uno M, Takahashi K
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate putative risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD), we conducted a case-control study with exposure assessment performed after disease onset. In this study, we evaluated the effect of recalled habitual napping according to its duration and examined whether APOE genotype modifies the effect. The subjects were 337 patients (144 men, 193 women, age at onset and the time of study (years): 69+/-10, 73+/-9)...
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