Article
Apolipoprotein E genotype and association between smoking and early onset Alzheimer's disease.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) - 11 Mar 1995
van Duijn C M, Havekes L M, Van Broeckhoven C, de Knijff P, Hofman A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the hypothesis that differential survival between smokers and non-smokers leading to a decrease in the frequency of the e4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene may explain the inverse relation between smoking history and early onset Alzheimer's disease. DESIGN: A populati...
Topics
- Age of Onset
- Alleles
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoproteins E
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Netherlands
- Odds Ratio
