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Early-life educational attainment, APOE ε4 alleles, and incident dementia risk in late life.
GeroScience - 1 Jun 2022
Ma Hao, Zhou Tao, Li Xiang, Maraganore Demetrius, Heianza Yoriko, Qi Lu
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We examined the interactions between educational attainment and genetic susceptibility on dementia risk among adults over 60 years old. A total of 174,161 participants were free of dementia at baseline. The APOE ε4-related genetic risk was evaluated by the number of APOE ε4 alleles. The overall genetic susceptibility of dementia was evaluated by polygenetic risk score (PRS). Cox proportional hazards models were...
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