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Blood pressure interacts with APOE ε4 to predict memory performance in a midlife sample.
Author(s) -
Lauren E. Oberlin,
Stephen B. Manuck,
Peter J. Gianaros,
Robert E. Ferrell,
Matthew F. Muldoon,
J. Richard Jennings,
Janine D. Flory,
Kirk I. Erickson
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
neuropsychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1931-1559
pISSN - 0894-4105
DOI - 10.1037/neu0000177
Subject(s) - apolipoprotein e , blood pressure , prehypertension , episodic memory , medicine , body mass index , psychology , cognition , disease , psychiatry
Elevated blood pressure and the Apolipoprotein ε4 allele (APOE ε4) are independent risk factors for Alzheimer's disease. We sought to determine whether the combined presence of the APOE ε4 allele and elevated blood pressure is associated with lower cognitive performance in cognitively healthy middle-aged adults.

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