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Education and APOE-e4 in longitudinal cognitive decline: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging.
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences - 1 Mar 2005
Seeman Teresa E, Huang Mei-Hua, Bretsky Philip, Crimmins Eileen, Launer Lenore, Guralnik Jack M
Abstract excerpt
Longitudinal data from the MacArthur Study of Successful Aging were used to test for interactions between education and apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype with respect to time trends in cognitive performance. Interactions between education, APOE-e4 status, and time were found for overall cognitive function, and for subscales measuring memory and naming: The presence of the e4 allele was associated with steeper...
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