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APOE-related mortality: effect of dementia, cardiovascular disease and gender.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Oct 2009
Rosvall Lina, Rizzuto Debora, Wang Hui-Xin, Winblad Bengt, Graff Caroline, Fratiglioni Laura
Abstract excerpt
Allele-frequency comparisons between younger and older populations suggest an effect of apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) on mortality, not consistently confirmed by longitudinal data. Our aim was to assess the effect of APOE on survival taking into account the possible contribution of Alzheimer's disease, other dementias, ischemic heart- and cerebrovascular disease (IHCD). In a community-based longitudinal study, the...
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