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Apolipoprotein E genotype and incident ischemic stroke: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
Stroke - 1 Nov 2005
Sturgeon Jared D, Folsom Aaron R, Bray Molly S, Boerwinkle Eric, Ballantyne Christie M
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: A relationship between the apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotype and ischemic stroke has been inconsistently reported. We explored this relation in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC). METHODS: The ARIC cohort involves 15 792 men and women, aged 45 to 64 years at baseline and sampled from 4 U.S. communities. Between 1987 and 2001, 498 incident ischemic strokes occurred....
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