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EnglishFrontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a complex dementing syndrome whose genetic/non genetic risk factors are mostly unknown. Aim of the present work was to investigate whether APOE and/or tau gene variability does affect the risk of FTD. A sample of FTD cases (sporadic: n = 54; familial: n = 46, one subject per family) was collected in a genetically homogeneous population (Calabria, southern Italy) and analyzed in comparison with an age- and sex-matched control group (n = 180) extracted from the same population. Logistic regression analysis showed that APOE gene variability affects the probability of disease, with allele epsilon4 increasing (exp(beta1) = 2.68 with [1.51-4.76] 95% confidence interval; p = 0.001) and allele epsilon2 decreasing (exp(beta1) = 0.28 with [0.12-0.66] 95% confidence interval; p = 0.003) the risk of FTD. On the contrary, tau gene variability was ineffectual (exp(beta1) non significantly different from 1 for either H1 or H2 haplotypes), although a small effect was observed by the H1 haplotype in increasing the protective effect of the epsilon2 allele (p = 0.007).
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| Titolo: | The effects of APOE and tau gene variability on risk of frontotemporal dementia | |
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| Data di pubblicazione: | 2006 | |
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| Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11770/153155 | |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |
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