Health IT Analytics (7/22, Kent) reports, “Dementia-associated common gene variants or the APOE e4 genotype can more than double dementia risk, but good cardiovascular health can halve dementia risk,” researchers concluded after analyzing data from “data from 1,211 participants in the offspring cohort of the…Framingham Heart Study, the longest-running cardiovascular disease study in the US.” The findingswere published online in the journal Neurology.
Related Links:
— “Genetics, Cardiovascular Health Both Contribute to Dementia Risk, ” Jessica Kent, Health IT Analytics, July 22, 2020