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Studying the Interplay Between Apolipoprotein E and Education on Cognitive Decline in Centenarians Using Bayesian Beta Regression
2020-09-28
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Apolipoprotein E ( APOE ) is an important risk factor for cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease in aging individuals. Among the 3 known alleles of this gene: e2, e3, and e4, the e4 allele is associated with faster cognitive decline and increased risk for Alzheimer’s and dementia, while the e2 allele has a positive effect on longevity, and possibly on preservation of cognitive function. Education also has an im...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4d0bf468-6342-54ec-b6d8-49cfc134226a
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.09.25.20201962
