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Alzheimer's Genetic Risk Factor May Behave Differently Across Populations

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Researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC analyzed brain imaging and clinical data from more than 17,000 participants across five major aging and Alzheimer’s disease studies. Their findings, published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, showed that, while greater amyloid buildup was associated with cognitive impairment or carrying the APOE ε4 gene variant for both Hispanic and non-Hispanic white participants, Hispanic participants generally had lower amyloid levels than non-Hispanic white participants with the same characteristics.

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