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SUBMITTER: Watts A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7206989 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Watts Amber A Wilkins Heather M HM Michaelis Elias E Swerdlow Russell H RH
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 20190101 4
TOMM40 '523 is associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), but APOE linkage disequilibrium confounds this association. In 170 APOE ɛ3 homozygotes, we evaluated relationships between short and very long TOMM40 alleles and longitudinal declines in three cognitive domains (attention, verbal memory, and executive function). We used factor analysis to create composite scores from 10 individual cognitive tests, and latent growth curve modeling adjusting for clinical status (normal, amnestic mild cogniti ...[more]