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TY - JOUR
T1 - Apolipoprotein E genotype does not predict decline in intelligence in healthy older adults.
AU - Pendleton, Neil
AU - Payton, Anthony
AU - van den Boogerd, Eelke
AU - Holland, Fiona
AU - Diggle, Peter J.
AU - Rabbitt, Patrick M. A.
AU - Horan, Michael A.
AU - Worthington, Jane
AU - Ollier, William E. R.
PY - 2002/5/10
Y1 - 2002/5/10
N2 - There is evidence of a genetic influence on the decline in cognitive performance of older adults, although the mechanisms responsible are unknown. A group of 767 subjects of the Manchester University Age and Cognitive Performance longitudinal study volunteer group, followed up from 1985 to the present, were genotyped for apolipoprotein E (APOE). The data from this were related to cross-sectional and longitudinal trends in the Heim intelligence test score (AH4-1) using previously reported random-effects models (Neuropsychologia 39 (2001) 532). There were no significant differences in mean scores for presence compared with absence of the APOE4 or APOE2 genotypes (P=0.48 and P=0.51, respectively). This research does not demonstrate a link between intelligence and APOE genotype in older adults.
AB - There is evidence of a genetic influence on the decline in cognitive performance of older adults, although the mechanisms responsible are unknown. A group of 767 subjects of the Manchester University Age and Cognitive Performance longitudinal study volunteer group, followed up from 1985 to the present, were genotyped for apolipoprotein E (APOE). The data from this were related to cross-sectional and longitudinal trends in the Heim intelligence test score (AH4-1) using previously reported random-effects models (Neuropsychologia 39 (2001) 532). There were no significant differences in mean scores for presence compared with absence of the APOE4 or APOE2 genotypes (P=0.48 and P=0.51, respectively). This research does not demonstrate a link between intelligence and APOE genotype in older adults.
KW - Apolipoprotein E
KW - Intelligence
KW - Genetics
KW - Aged
U2 - 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00135-0
DO - 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00135-0
M3 - Journal article
VL - 324
SP - 74
EP - 76
JO - Neuroscience Letters
JF - Neuroscience Letters
SN - 0304-3940
IS - 1
ER -