The Influence of Education and Apolipoprotein ε4 on Mortality in Community-Dwelling Elderly Men and Women
The Influence of Education and Apolipoprotein ε4 on Mortality in Community-Dwelling Elderly Men and Women
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DOI:
10.1155/2018/6037058
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发表时间:
2018-01-01
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4.7
通讯作者:
Baumgartner, Richard N.
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Appiah, Duke;Baumgartner, Richard N.
We investigated the risk of death in relation to the apolipoprotein epsilon 4 allele and evaluated how it interacts with education in 504 elderly adults (mean age 73 years, 65.3% women) who were enrolled in 1993 into the New Mexico Aging Process Study. During 9 years of follow-up, apolipoprotein epsilon 2 appeared to be associated with a lower risk for all-cause mortality (hazard ratio (HR)=0.73, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.30-1.71) compared to apolipoprotein epsilon 3 carriers in models adjusted for age, sociodemographic variables, medical conditions, adiposity, and lifestyle factors. The apolipoprotein epsilon 4 allele conferred almost a threefold elevated risk of mortality (HR. 2.76, CI: 1.42-5.37). An interaction between education and apolipoprotein epsilon 4 (p=0.027) was observed with the HR of mortality among epsilon 4 carriers compared to noncarriers being 1.59 (0.64-3.96) for those with >= college education; 6.66 (1.90-23.4) for those with some college or trade; and 14.1 (3.03-65.6) for participants with