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Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 and risk of mortality in African American and white older community residents.
The Gerontologist - 1 Jun 2002
Fillenbaum Gerda G, Blazer Dan G, Burchett Bruce M, Saunders Ann M, Taylor Donald H
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PURPOSE: The goal of this study was to determine whether the epsilon4 allele of apolipoprotein E is predictive of mortality in a community-based sample. DESIGN AND METHODS: Of the stratified random household sample of 4,162 participants age 65 years and older enrolled in the Duke site of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly, those included in the present study were the 1,998 who...
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