A comparative study to screen dementia and APOE genotypes in an ageing East African population
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2008Author
Chien-Hsiun, Chena
Mizunob, Toshiki
Elston, Robert
Kariuki, Monica M.
Hall, Kathleen
Unverzagt, Fred
Hendrie, Hugh
Gatere, Samuel
Kioy, Paul
Patel, Nilesh B.
Friedland, Robert P.
Kalaria, Raj N.
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Previous studies have established cross-cultural methods to screen for ageing- related dementia and susceptibility genes, in particular
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) among the Canadian Cree, African Americans and Yoruba in Nigeria. We determined whether the Community
Screening Interview for Dementia (CSID), translated into Kikuyu, a major language of Kenya, could be used to evaluate dementia of the
Alzheimer type. Using two sets of coefficients of cognitive and informant scores, two discriminant function (DF) scores were calculated for
each of 100 elderly (>65 years) Nyeri Kenyans. When the cut-off points were selected for 100% sensitivities, the specificities of the DF
scores were remarkably similar (93.75%) in the Kenya sample. We propose the adapted CSID can be utilised to detect dementia among East
Africans. We also show that apolipoprotein E 4 allele frequencies were high (∼30%) and not different between normal subjects and those
with probable AD. There was no evidence to suggest years of education or vascular factors were associated with dementia status.
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Neurobiology of AgingCollections
- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10377]