New research has found that men who carry a common genetic variant are twice as likely to develop dementia in their lifetime compared to women.
The research, published in Neurology, used data from the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) trial to investigate whether people who had variants in the haemochromatosis (HFE) gene, which is critical for regulating iron levels in the body, might be at increased risk of dementia.
Co-author Professor John Olynyk, from the Curtin Medical…
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