Interactions between genetic admixture, ethnic identity, APOE genotype and dementia prevalence in an admixed Cuban sample; a cross-sectional population survey and nested case-control study

BACKGROUND: The prevalence and incidence of dementia are low in Nigeria, but high among African-Americans. In these populations there is a high frequency of the risk-conferring APOE-e4 allele, but the risk ratio is less than in Europeans. In an admixed population of older Cubans we explored the effe...

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Autores principales: Teruel, Beatriz Marcheco, Rodríguez, Juan J Llibre, McKeigue, Paul, Mesa T, Teresa Collazo, Fuentes, Evelyn, Cepero A, Adolfo Valhuerdi, Hernandez, Milagros A Guerra, Copeland JRM, John RM, Ferri, Cleusa P, Prince, Martin J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3079615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21435264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-12-43

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