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SUBMITTER: Besser L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6901106 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Besser Lilah L Galvin James E JE Rodriguez Daniel D Seeman Teresa T Kukull Walter W Rapp Stephen R SR Smith Jennifer J
Health & place 20191129
We examined whether neighborhood built environment (BE) and cognition associations in older adults vary by apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype, a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 4091 participants. Neighborhood characteristics included social and walking destination density (SDD, WDD), intersection density, and proportion of land dedicated to retail. Individuals were categorized as APOE ε2 (lower AD risk), APOE ε4 (higher AD risk), or APOE ...[more]