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SUBMITTER: Beeri MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324406 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beeri Michal S MS Lin Hung-Mo HM Sano Mary M Ravona-Springer Ramit R Liu Xiaoyu X Bendlin Barbara B BB Gleason Carey E CE Guerrero-Berroa Elizabeth E Soleimani Laili L Launer Lenore J LJ Ehrenberg Scott S Lache Orit O Seligman Yaakov K YK Levy Andrew P AP
JAMA network open 20181102 7
<h4>Importance</h4>African American individuals have higher dementia risk than individuals of white race/ethnicity. They also have higher rates of type 2 diabetes, which may contribute to this elevated risk. This study examined the association of the following 2 classes of alleles at the haptoglobin (Hp) locus that are associated with poor cognition, cardiovascular disease, and mortality: Hp 1-1 (associated with poor cognition and cerebrovascular disease) and Hp 2-1 and Hp 2-2 (associated with g ...[more]