IQ, educational attainment, memory and plasma lipids: Associations with apolipoprotein e genotype in 5995 children

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-158

  Taylor, Amy E ^a   Guthrie, Philip A I ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a   Golding, Jean ^a   Sattar, Naveed ^b   Hingorani, Aroon D ^c   Deanfield, John E ^c   Day, Ian N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APOE; children; cognitive function; IQ; lipids; memory

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; DNA;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; COGNITION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79952238579     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.10.033     Document Type: Article

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