APOE Genotype Affects Cognitive Training Response in Healthy Shanghai Community-Dwelling Elderly Individuals.
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Cognitive training may contribute to the ability to maintain cognitive function in healthy elderly adults. Whether genotype modifies training effects remains unknown. OBJECTIVE:Assess influence of APOE on cognitive function over time in community-dwelling elderly adults participating in multi-domain cognitive training. METHODS:Healthy individuals ?70 years of age were screened from one urban community in Shanghai. 145 healthy Chinese older adults met inclusion criteria and were assigned to intervention (n?=?88) or control (n?=?57) groups. Multi-domain cognitive training involved 24 sessions of different content taking place over 12 weeks. Neuropsychological testing was administered at baseline, immediately after training, six months and twelve months post-intervention; composite measures of cognitive function were identified via factor analysis. RESULTS:Three factors explained the majority of variance in function (verbal memory, processing speed, executive function). The intervention attenuated 12-month declines in processing speed, regardless of APOE genotype (p?=?0.047). Executive function declined in APOE?4 carriers over 12 months, regardless of intervention (p?=?0.056). There was a significant interaction after 12 months where intervention ?4 carriers had better processing speed than ?4 controls (p?=?0.003). Intervention ?2 carriers had better executive function immediately after training (p?=?0.02) and had better verbal memory 6-months post-intervention (p?=?0.04). These effects remained significant after false-discovery rate correction. CONCLUSION:Multi-domain cognitive training reduces declines in processing speed over time. APOE?4 is associated with reductions in executive function over time, and training may attenuate ?4-associated declines in processing speed. APOE?2 carriers may also benefit from training, particularly on measures of executive function and verbal memory.
SUBMITTER: Feng W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5799000 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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