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- de Rojas, I., et al.
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Common variants in Alzheimer’s disease and risk stratification by polygenic risk scores
- 2021
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Ingår i: Nature Communications. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2041-1723. ; 12:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Genetic discoveries of Alzheimer’s disease are the drivers of our understanding, and together with polygenetic risk stratification can contribute towards planning of feasible and efficient preventive and curative clinical trials. We first perform a large genetic association study by merging all available case-control datasets and by-proxy study results (discovery n = 409,435 and validation size n = 58,190). Here, we add six variants associated with Alzheimer’s disease risk (near APP, CHRNE, PRKD3/NDUFAF7, PLCG2 and two exonic variants in the SHARPIN gene). Assessment of the polygenic risk score and stratifying by APOE reveal a 4 to 5.5 years difference in median age at onset of Alzheimer’s disease patients in APOE ɛ4 carriers. Because of this study, the underlying mechanisms of APP can be studied to refine the amyloid cascade and the polygenic risk score provides a tool to select individuals at high risk of Alzheimer’s disease. © 2021, The Author(s).
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- Zammit, A. R., et al.
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A Coordinated Multi-study Analysis of the Longitudinal Association Between Handgrip Strength and Cognitive Function in Older Adults
- 2021
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Ingår i: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1758-5368 .- 1079-5014. ; 76:2, s. 229-241
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: Handgrip strength, an indicator of overall muscle strength, has been found to be associated with slower rate of cognitive decline and decreased risk for cognitive impairment and dementia. However, evaluating the replicability of associations between aging-related changes in physical and cognitive functioning is challenging due to differences in study designs and analytical models. A multiple-study coordinated analysis approach was used to generate new longitudinal results based on comparable construct-level measurements and identical statistical models and to facilitate replication and research synthesis. METHODS: We performed coordinated analysis on 9 cohort studies affiliated with the Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies of Aging and Dementia (IALSA) research network. Bivariate linear mixed models were used to examine associations among individual differences in baseline level, rate of change, and occasion-specific variation across grip strength and indicators of cognitive function, including mental status, processing speed, attention and working memory, perceptual reasoning, verbal ability, and learning and memory. Results were summarized using meta-analysis. RESULTS: After adjustment for covariates, we found an overall moderate association between change in grip strength and change in each cognitive domain for both males and females: Average correlation coefficient was 0.55 (95% CI = 0.44-0.56). We also found a high level of heterogeneity in this association across studies. DISCUSSION: Meta-analytic results from nine longitudinal studies showed consistently positive associations between linear rates of change in grip strength and changes in cognitive functioning. Future work will benefit from the examination of individual patterns of change to understand the heterogeneity in rates of aging and health-related changes across physical and cognitive biomarkers. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America 2019.
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- Ölvander, J., et al.
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Preface
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Ingår i: Proceedings of NordDesign. - Linköping : Design Research Society. - 9789176851852
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Konferensbidrag (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Duggan, E. C., et al.
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A Multi-study Coordinated Meta-analysis of Pulmonary Function and Cognition in Aging
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journals of Gerontology Series a-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1079-5006 .- 1758-535X. ; 74:11, s. 1793-1804
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Substantial research is dedicated to understanding the aging-related dynamics among Methods: We performed coordinated analysis of bivariate growth models in data from 20,586 Results: We found consistent but weak baseline and longitudinal associations in levels of pulmonary Conclusions: Results provide limited evidence for a consistent link between simultaneous changes in
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- Johansson, Ingrid, et al.
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Coping strategies of relatives when an adult next-of-kin is recovering at home following critical illness
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Ingår i: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. - Edinburgh : Elsevier BV. - 0964-3397 .- 1532-4036. ; 20:5, s. 281-291, s. 281-71
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The trend within the Swedish healthcare system is to reduce the duration of hospital care. This means that a patient who is discharged to their home after critical illness is highly likely to be functionally impaired, and therefore, requires care-giving assistance from a family member. The aim of this study was to generate a theoretical model with regard to relatives’ coping when faced with the situation of having an adult next-of-kin recovering at home after critical illness. The design incorporated grounded theory methodology. Four coping strategies exhibiting different characteristics were identified: volunteering, accepting, modulating and sacrificing. Factors determining the choice of coping strategy were the physical and psychological status of the relative, previous experience of ICU-care and the psychological status of the patient. The theoretical model described in this article can contribute to expanding healthcare professionals’ understanding of the coping strategies of relatives during recovery, but also provide inspiration for social action to be taken.
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- Pedersen, N. L., et al.
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IGEMS: The Consortium on Interplay of Genes and Environment Across Multiple Studies
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Ingår i: Twin Research and Human Genetics. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1832-4274 .- 1839-2628. ; 16:1, s. 481-489
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Interplay of Genes and Environment across Multiple Studies (IGEMS) group is a consortium of eight longitudinal twin studies established to explore the nature of social context effects and gene-environment interplay in late-life functioning. The resulting analysis of the combined data from over 17,500 participants aged 25–102 at baseline (including nearly 2,600 monogygotic and 4,300 dizygotic twin pairs and over 1,700 family members) aims to understand why early life adversity, and social factors such as isolation and loneliness, are associated with diverse outcomes including mortality, physical functioning (health, functional ability), and psychological functioning (well-being, cognition), particularly in later life.
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