CHILDHOOD FAMILY ENVIRONMENT, GENETIC RISK FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, AND LATE-LIFE COGNITIVE DECLINE
Shiyang Zhang, Sae Hwang Han · 2023
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Zhang and Han ask whether a child's family life can soften the harm of genes linked to Alzheimer disease in old age. Their 2023 study follows more than 9,000 adults aged 51 and over in a large United States survey from 1998 to 2018. Each person's gene risk was summed into one score, and thinking skills were tested again and again over the years.
Childhood family life was judged in two ways: how warm the tie with one's mother felt, and how many adults lived in the home before age 16. A warm tie with mother blunted the faster decline tied to high gene risk. The number of adults in the home showed no such effect. The authors read this as proof that early social support can echo across a whole life.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shiyang Zhang, Sae Hwang Han |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |