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Cardiovascular health, genetic risk, and risk of dementia in the Framingham Heart Study.
Neurology - 8 Sept 2020
Peloso Gina M, Beiser Alexa S, Satizabal Claudia L, Xanthakis Vanessa, Vasan Ramachandran S, Pase Matthew P, Destefano Anita L, Seshadri Sudha
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the joint role of ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) and genetic risk on risk of dementia. METHODS: We categorized CVH on the basis of the American Heart Association Ideal CVH Index and genetic risk through a genetic risk score (GRS) of common genetic variants and the APOE ε4 genotype in 1,211 Framingham Heart Study (FHS) offspring cohort participants. We used multivariable Cox proportional...
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