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What are the risk factors for Alzheimers Disease?
The presence of ApoE4 and serious head injury in ApoE4-positive people, aging, postmenopausal estrogen deficiency, positive family history (independent of ApoE genotype), elevated serum homocysteine levels, elevated blood glucose and/or cholesterol, and low education level (especially early in development) may be risk factors.
Aluminum exposure is frequently cited, but no sound evidence supports the association.
Sources
Feher E, Doody R, Pirozzolo FJ, Appel SH: Mental status assessment of insight and judgment. Clin Geriatr Med 5(3):477-498, 1989.
