The apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele increases the odds of chronic cerebral infarction [corrected] detected at autopsy in older persons.
Stroke
; 36(5): 954-9, 2005 May.
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| ID: mdl-15774818
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:
Studies investigating the relation of the apolipoprotein E (apoE) epsilon4 allele to clinical stroke and to vascular changes on magnetic resonance imaging have been conflicting. Little data are available regarding the relation of apoE epsilon4 to cerebral infarctions documented on postmortem examination.METHODS:
We studied the apoE epsilon4 allele in 214 deceased members of the Religious Orders Study, a longitudinal clinical-pathologic study of aging and Alzheimer disease. The apoE genotype was determined using DNA from lymphocytes. Brains were removed a median of 5 hours (interquartile range, 5.5) after death. At postmortem examination, age, location, and size of macroscopic chronic cerebral infarctions were recorded from 1-cm coronal slabs after paraformaldehyde fixation. We also examined 20-microm paraffin-embedded sections of midfrontal and calcarine cortex for amyloid angiopathy on a scale of 1 to 4.RESULTS:
Subjects included 96 males and 118 females with a mean age at death of 86 years (SD, 7). Sixty-five subjects (30.4%) had at least 1 apoE epsilon4 allele and 76 (35.5%) exhibited cerebral infarctions. More than 74% of the subjects exhibited amyloid angiopathy with a mean score of 1.4+/-1.2. After controlling for age and sex, apoE epsilon4 increased the odds of cerebral infarction by 2.3-fold (95% CI, 1.2 to 4.2). apoE epsilon4 increased the odds of cortical 3.2-fold (95% CI, 1.3 to 7.7) and subcortical infarctions 2.3-fold (95% CI, 1.2 to 4.5). The effect was unchanged after accounting for amyloid angiopathy.CONCLUSIONS:
apoE epsilon4 increases the odds of chronic cerebral infarction detected at autopsy in older persons.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Apolipoproteins E
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Cerebral Infarction
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Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Stroke
Year:
2005
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States