Zusammenfassung
Objective: To test that a positive family history and ApoE epsilon 4 genotype are prevalent among dementia patients with onset before 70 years of age compared with healthy spousal controls. Methods: A total of 210 patients with dementia and 82 spousal control participants. Neuropsychiatric examination, Consortium to establish a registry on Alzheimer's disease test battery, Clock-drawing Test, and ...
Zusammenfassung
Objective: To test that a positive family history and ApoE epsilon 4 genotype are prevalent among dementia patients with onset before 70 years of age compared with healthy spousal controls. Methods: A total of 210 patients with dementia and 82 spousal control participants. Neuropsychiatric examination, Consortium to establish a registry on Alzheimer's disease test battery, Clock-drawing Test, and ApoE genotyping were performed in patients and controls. Results: Of the 131 patients with Alzheimer dementia, 25 were homozygous for Apo epsilon 4. Among dementia patients with a positive family history (n = 83), homozygosity for the Apo epsilon 4 genotype was found in 19 (22.9%). A positive family history was highest among Apo epsilon 4 homozygous Alzheimer dementia patients (72.0%) and lowest among the cognitively normal spousal controls (9.3%). Conclusions: In our sample of patients with Alzheimer dementia, approximately 3 of 4 (72.0%) were homozygous for the genotype Apo epsilon 4 when they had a positive family history.
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