Article
A prospective study of cognitive health in the elderly (Oregon Brain Aging Study): effects of family history and apolipoprotein E genotype.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Apr 1997
Payami H, Grimslid H, Oken B, Camicioli R, Sexton G, Dame A, Howieson D, Kaye J
Abstract excerpt
The oldest old are the fastest-growing segment of our population and have the highest prevalence of dementia. Little is known about the genetics of cognitive health in the very old. The aim of this study was to determine whether the genetic risk factors for Alzheimer disease (AD)--namely, apolipo...
Topics
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Aging
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Apolipoproteins E
- Brain
- Cognition Disorders
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Dementia
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male