The epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease modifiable risk factors and prevention

XX Zhang, Y Tian, ZT Wang, YH Ma, L Tan… - The journal of prevention …, 2021 - Springer
Mild Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia, accounting for 50–70% of cases.
Alzheimer's disease is an irreversible neurodegenerative disease, which affects daily life …

Alzheimer's disease and inflammaging

AM Kosyreva, AV Sentyabreva, IS Tsvetkov… - Brain sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease is one of the most common age-related neurodegenerative disorders.
The main theory of Alzheimer's disease progress is the amyloid-β cascade hypothesis …

UK Biobank release and systematic evaluation of optimised polygenic risk scores for 53 diseases and quantitative traits

DJ Thompson, D Wells, S Selzam, I Peneva, R Moore… - MedRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
We present and assess the UK Biobank (UKB) Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) Release, a set of
PRSs for 28 diseases and 25 quantitative traits being made available on the individuals in …

Genetic associations between modifiable risk factors and Alzheimer disease

J Luo, JQ Thomassen, C Bellenguez… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance An estimated 40% of dementia is potentially preventable by modifying 12 risk
factors throughout the life course. However, robust evidence for most of these risk factors is …

Cognitive performance protects against Alzheimer's disease independently of educational attainment and intelligence

Y Hu, Y Zhang, H Zhang, S Gao, L Wang, T Wang… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Mendelian-randomization (MR) studies using large-scale genome-wide association studies
(GWAS) have identified causal association between educational attainment and Alzheimer's …

Identifying modifiable factors and their joint effect on dementia risk in the UK Biobank

Y Zhang, SD Chen, YT Deng, J You, XY He… - Nature Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Previous hypothesis-driven research has identified many risk factors linked to dementia.
However, the multiplicity and co-occurrence of risk factors have been underestimated. Here …

Using Mendelian randomization analysis to better understand the relationship between mental health and substance use: a systematic review

JL Treur, MR Munafò, E Logtenberg… - Psychological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundPoor mental health has consistently been associated with substance use
(smoking, alcohol drinking, cannabis use, and consumption of caffeinated drinks). To …

Polygenic risk scores in Alzheimer's disease genetics: methodology, applications, inclusion, and diversity

K Clark, YY Leung, WP Lee, B Voight… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2022 - content.iospress.com
The success of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) completed in the last 15 years
has reinforced a key fact: polygenic architecture makes a substantial contribution to variation …

[HTML][HTML] Coconut oil as a therapeutic treatment for alzheimer's disease: a review

P Sandupama, D Munasinghe, M Jayasinghe - Journal of Future Foods, 2022 - Elsevier
The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) which is also known as the “Tree of life” has its own
values in each part of the tree and coconut oil is more prestigious among them. At present …

[HTML][HTML] Sleep/wake cycle alterations as a cause of neurodegenerative diseases: A Mendelian randomization study

N Cullell, J Cárcel-Márquez, C Gallego-Fabrega… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sleep and/or wake cycle alterations are common in neurodegenerative diseases (ND). Our
aim was to determine whether there is a causal relationship between sleep and/or wake …