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A recent genome-wide association (GWA) study of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) identified 15 novel single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) independent of ApoE. We hypothesised that variants associated with LOAD are also associated with poor cognitive function in elderly populations. We measured additive associations between the five most strongly associated LOAD SNPs and grouped Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores. Variants were genotyped in respondents (mean age 79 years) from the Oxford Healthy Ageing project (OHAP) and other sites of the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC-CFAS). In adjusted ordinal logistic models, two variants were associated with poorer cognitive function: rs11622883 (OR=1.14, 95% CI: 1.01-1.28, p=0.040) and rs505058 (OR=1.29, 95% CI: 1.02-1.64, p=0.036). These SNPs are close to a SERPINA gene cluster and within LMNA, respectively. The mechanisms underlying the associations with cognitive impairment and LOAD require further elucidation, but both genes are interesting candidates for involvement in age-related cognitive impairment.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.08.020

Type

Journal article

Journal

Neurobiol Aging

Publication Date

09/2010

Volume

31

Pages

1563 - 1568

Keywords

Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Causality, Cognition, Cognition Disorders, Comorbidity, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Incidence, Lamin Type A, Linkage Disequilibrium, Multigene Family, Polymorphism, Genetic, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Serpins, United Kingdom