Polygenic risk for coronary artery disease is associated with cognitive ability in older adults

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 433-440

  Hagenaars, Saskia P ^a   Harris, Sarah E ^a   Clarke, Toni Kim ^a   Hall, Lynsey ^a   Luciano, Michelle ^a   Fernandez Pujals, Ana Maria ^a   Davies, Gail ^a   Hayward, Caroline ^a   Generation Scotland, ^a   Starr, John M ^a   Porteous, David J ^a   McIntosh, Andrew M ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cognition; Coronary artery disease; Dementia; Genetics; Polygenic traits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; MEMORY; META-ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC LOAD; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTSMAN; SENESCENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

LOTHIAN; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84971617677     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv354     Document Type: Article

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