| Literature DB >> 19004527 |
Fan Liu1, Luba M Pardo, Maaike Schuur, Pascual Sanchez-Juan, Aaron Isaacs, Kristel Sleegers, Ingrid de Koning, Irina V Zorkoltseva, Tatiana I Axenovich, Jacqueline C M Witteman, A Cecile J W Janssens, John C van Swieten, Yurii S Aulchenko, Ben A Oostra, Cornelia M van Duijn.
Abstract
The E4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) is a well-established determinant of Alzheimer's disease but its relation to cognitive function is much less understood. We studied the age-specific effects of the APOE*E4 allele on cognitive function and cardiovascular risk factors in 2208 related individuals. APOE*E4 allele was significantly associated with reduced test scores for Adult Verbal Learning Test, particularly on the memory and learning sub domains, in persons older than 50 years of age. The effect of APOE*E4 was independent of the effect of APOE*E4 on vascular risk factors and most pronounced on learning ability. Our findings suggest that APOE*E4 has an effect on cognitive function predominantly in the elderly, independent of vascular risk factors. (c) 2008. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 19004527 DOI： 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.09.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurobiol Aging ISSN： 0197-4580 Impact factor: 4.673