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Reassessing Diabetes and APOE Genotype as Potential Interacting Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease.
American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias - 1 Jan 2000
Ravipati Kaushik, Chen Yunxiao, Manns Joseph R
Abstract excerpt
Objective: To assess whether diabetes alone or in association with Apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 genotype increases the risk of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) diagnosis. Methods: A retrospective cohort study of 33,456 participants from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center database. Results: Participants with one or two APOE ε4 alleles had 2.71 (CI:2.55-2.88) and 9.37 (CI:8.14-10.78) times higher odds of AD...
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