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Sleep complaints and genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease in older women: associations with memory and tau deposition.
The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease - 1 Aug 2026
Lui Kitty K, Wang Xin, Dratva Melanie A, Lifset Ella T, Stiver Jordan, Heyworth Nadine C, Shen Qian, Thomas Michael, DeYoung Pamela N, Malhotra Atul, Sundermann Erin E, Banks Sarah J
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BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence point to a bidirectional relationship between sleep disturbances and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Poor sleep may be an overlooked risk factor for older women, who are disproportionately affected by AD and report worse subjective sleep quality than men. High genetic AD risk-characterized by the polygenic hazard score (PHS), including apolipoprotein (APOE) ε4 carriership-may further...
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