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- Title
Predictive value of apolipoprotein E genotyping in Alzheimer's disease: Results of an autopsy series and an analysis of several combined studies.
- Authors
Nalbantoglu, Josephine; Gilfix, Brian M.; Bertrand, Philippe; Robitaille, Yves; Gauthier, Serge; Rosenblatt, David S.; Poirier, Judes
- Abstract
Apoliprotein E (apoE) is associated with Alzheimer's neurofibrillary tangles and β-amyloid protein in senile plaques. Recent studies have shown an increased frequency of the ϵ4 allele of the apoE gene in familial and sporadic cases of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the present case control study, we have determined the apoE genotype by allele-specific extension of 113 postmortem cases of sporadic AD and 77 control brains shown to be free of AD neuropathological features and then calculated the frequency of the various allelic forms of apoE (ϵ2, ϵ3,ϵ4). The odds ratio associating ϵ4 with AD was 15.5 (95% confidence interval {CI} 6.2-38.5), and the population attributable risk was 0.53. We have also combined the results of our study and several others to calculate these same parameters in a larger population (570 controls and 961 AD subjects); the odds ratio for this larger group was 6.2 (95% CI 4.9-7.8) and the population attributable risk was 0.57. These results further substantiate and strengthen the association between the ϵ4 allele of apoE gene and AD. We have also used these results to investigate the usefulness of the determination of ϵ4 carrier status in the diagnosis of AD.
- Publication
Annals of Neurology, 1994, Vol 36, Issue 6, p889
- ISSN
0364-5134
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ana.410360614