A Chinese woman escorts an elderly woman in front of a Nike advertisement outside a shopping mall in Beijing. (UPI Photo\/Stephen Shaver) <\/p>\n
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NEW YORK, May 9 (UPI) -- Families with exceptional longevity appear to have delayed onset of Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers say. <\/p>\n
Stephanie Cosentino of Columbia University in New York and colleagues examined the cross-sectional study included a total of 1,870 individuals -- 1,510 family members and 360 spouse controls -- recruited through the Long Life Family Study. <\/p>\n
The main outcome measure was the prevalence of cognitive impairment based on a diagnostic algorithm validated using the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center data. <\/p>\n
The study, published in the journal Neurology, found the cognitive algorithm classified 38.5 percent as having cognitive impairment consistent with Alzheimer's disease. <\/p>\n
Long Life Family Study subjects had a slightly but not statistically significant reduced risk of cognitive impairment compared with spouse controls, whereas Long Life Family Study sons and daughters had a reduced risk of cognitive impairment. <\/p>\n
\"Overall, our results appear to be consistent with a delayed onset of disease in long-lived families, such that individuals who are part of exceptionally long-lived families are protected but not later in life,\" the researchers concluded. <\/p>\n
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