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That’s much earlier than previously thought, suggesting that treatment wouldf be more effective if startedin middle-aged before onset of the disease, accordingt to researchers in the . The study followex 815 healthy people ages 21 to 97 with and without the APOEe4 gene, a key risk factor for for up to 14 years. Memory and thinking testx were used to comparecognitive performance. About one out in four people have at leasg one copy ofthe gene, whil 2 percent have two copies, inherited from both parents and increasingg risk. Alzheimer’s disease affects abouty 10 percent of people over age 65 and almost halfover 85.
Researchersw from several institutions in theArizona Alzheimer’sd Consortium collaborated on the study, includinh Arizona State University, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, Barrows Neurological Institute, Sun Healtg Research Institute, Translational Genomics Researcg Institute and University of Arizona. The Nationao Institute on Aging and the state of Arizonaprovidexd funding. “This study highlights the ideathat Alzheimer’s diseasde is a progressive disorder that likely beginsz well before clinical diagnosis,” said Creighton Phelps, directo of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Cente r program for the National Institute on “Additional research is neededr to identify those at high genetic risk and develop methods to delay diseasre progression.
” Researchers, however, do not recommend using brain imagint or cognitive tests to predicft risk.