Article
Smoking affects the phenotype of Alzheimer disease.
Neurology - 12 Apr 2005
Sabbagh M N, Tyas S L, Emery S C, Hansen L A, Alford M F, Reid R T, Tiraboschi P, Thal L J
Abstract excerpt
Because epidemiologic and in vitro evidence conflict, the authors studied the association between smoking and Alzheimer disease (AD) in 46 never, 47 former, and 15 active smokers with AD followed to autopsy. Disease parameters were examined by smoking status and amount smoked in bivariate tests and in multivariate models controlling for age, sex, education, and APOE status. Smoking status was not associated with...
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