Study finds Alzheimer's disease risk may vary with race
That means study results using only one ethnic group may not apply to other groups, hindering dementia prevention and treatment, the study said.For example, studies have found that a gene variant called APOE E4 carries the largest genetic risk for Alzheimers disease in people with European ancestry, but the effect of APOE E4 is half as strong in people of African ancestry, the study said.Increasing the representation of non-European ancestry populations in genome-wide association studies has been identified as a critical scientific and equity issue in genetic studies.
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