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Enhanced risk for Alzheimer disease in persons with type 2 diabetes and APOE epsilon4: the Cardiovascular Health Study Cognition Study.
Archives of neurology - 1 Jan 2008
Irie Fumiko, Fitzpatrick Annette L, Lopez Oscar L, Kuller Lewis H, Peila Rita, Newman Anne B, Launer Lenore J
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BACKGROUND: Diabetes and the apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele (APOE epsilon4) increase the risk for Alzheimer disease (AD). We hypothesize that APOE epsilon4 may modify the risk for AD in individuals with diabetes. OBJECTIVE: To examine the joint effect of type 2 diabetes and APOE epsilon4 on the risk of AD, AD with vascular dementia (mixed AD), and vascular dementia without AD. DESIGN: The Cardiovascular Health...
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