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SUBMITTER: Raj T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5206965 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Raj Towfique T Chibnik Lori B LB McCabe Cristin C Wong Andus A Replogle Joseph M JM Yu Lei L Gao Sujuan S Unverzagt Frederick W FW Stranger Barbara B Murrell Jill J Barnes Lisa L Hendrie Hugh C HC Foroud Tatiana T Krichevsky Anna A Bennett David A DA Hall Kathleen S KS Evans Denis A DA De Jager Philip L PL
Neurology. Genetics 20161221 1
<h4>Objective</h4>To identify genetic risk factors associated with susceptibility to age-related cognitive decline in African Americans (AAs).<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) and an admixture-mapping scan in 3,964 older AAs from 5 longitudinal cohorts; for each participant, we calculated a slope of an individual's global cognitive change from neuropsychological evaluations. We also performed a pathway-based analysis of the age-related cognitive decline GWAS.<h4 ...[more]