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Effects of Vascular Risk Factors on the Association of Blood-Based Biomarkers with Alzheimer's Disease.

S S HoostA M BrickmanJ J ManlyL S HonigY GuD SanchezD Reyes-DumeyerR A LantiguaM S KangJ L DageR Mayeux
Published in: Medical research archives (2023)
Participants with higher levels of P-tau 217 or P-tau 181 consistent with AD had lower BMI regardless of whether the individual was symptomatic. These findings suggest that weight loss may change with AD biomarker levels before onset of cognitive decline. They do not support BMI as a confounding variable. Further longitudinal studies could explore the relationship of risk factors with clinical diagnoses and biomarkers.
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