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Physical activity modifies the influence of apolipoprotein E ε4 allele and type 2 diabetes on dementia and cognitive impairment among older Mexican Americans.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association - 1 Jan 2018
Shih I-Fan, Paul Kimberly, Haan Mary, Yu Yu, Ritz Beate
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INTRODUCTION: The etiologies of dementia are complex and influenced by genetic and environmental factors including medical conditions. METHODS: We used Cox regression model to estimate the individual and joint effects of physical activity (PA), apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4, and diabetes status on risk of dementia and cognitive impairment without dementia (CIND) among 1438 cognitively intact Mexican American elderly...
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