The Claim

Higher polygenic risk scores for Alzheimer's disease are associated with a 16% increased odds of accumulating brain amyloid-β (Aβ) above a pathological threshold of 20 centiloids and with an earlier estimated age of Aβ onset by approximately 1.3 years per standard deviation increase in score, independent of APOE ε4 status, in a cohort of 2,175 individuals of European ancestry with longitudinal Aβ PET imaging.

Source: Predicting accumulation and age at onset of amyloid-β from genetic risk and resilience for Alzheimer's disease

What the research says

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In plain English

Individuals with higher genetic risk scores for Alzheimer's disease have a 16% greater likelihood of exceeding a pathological amyloid-β threshold of 20 centiloids and develop amyloid-β accumulation about 1.3 years earlier per standard deviation increase in genetic risk, regardless of APOE ε4 status, as measured by PET imaging in a cohort of 2,175 people of European ancestry.

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Higher polygenic risk scores for Alzheimer's disease are associated with a 16% increased odds of accumulating brain amyloid-β (Aβ) above a pathological threshold of 20 centiloids, and with an earlier estimated age of Aβ onset by approximately 1.3 years per standard deviation increase in score, independent of APOE ε4 status, in a cohort of 2,175 individuals of European ancestry with longitudinal Aβ PET imaging.

Why this might work

People with more Alzheimer’s-related genes produce more amyloid-β protein and their brains clear it away less efficiently, causing the protein to build up faster and at younger ages.

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What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Predicting accumulation and age at onset of amyloid-β from genetic risk and resilience for Alzheimer's disease

    People with more Alzheimer’s-related genes are more likely to build up harmful amyloid protein in their brains earlier in life, even if they don’t have the strongest known Alzheimer’s gene (APOE ε4). The study found this link clearly in thousands of people.

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