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Apolipoprotein E ε4 allele interacts with sex and cognitive status to influence all-cause and cause-specific mortality in U.S. older adults.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - 1 Apr 2013
Beydoun May A, Beydoun Hind A, Kaufman Jay S, An Yang, Resnick Susan M, O'Brien Richard, Ferrucci Luigi, Zonderman Alan B
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To confirm associations of apolipoprotein E (ApoE) ε4 carrier status, sex, and time-dependent cognitive status with mortality risk and to investigate these joint effects of these associations in a cohort of community-dwelling U.S. adults. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA). PARTICIPANTS: Of 3,047 BLSA participants aged 17 to 98 at first visit...
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