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The Effect of Genetic Predisposition to Alzheimer's Disease and Related Traits on Recruitment Bias in a Study of Cognitive Aging.
ABSTRACT
The recruitment of participants for research studies may be subject to bias. The Prospective Imaging Study of Ageing (PISA) aims to characterize the phenotype and natural history of healthy adult Australians at high future risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Participants approached to take part in PISA were selected from existing cohort studies with available genomewide genetic data for both successfully and unsuccessfully recruited participants, allowing us to investigate the genetic contribution to voluntary recruitment, including the genetic predisposition to AD. We use a polygenic risk score (PRS) approach to test to what extent the genetic risk for AD, and related risk factors predict participation in PISA. We did not identify a significant association of genetic risk for AD with study participation, but we did identify significant associations with PRS for key causal risk factors for AD, IQ, household income and years of education. We also found that older and female participants were more likely to take part in the study. Our findings highlight the importance of considering bias in key risk factors for AD in the recruitment of individuals for cohort studies.
DATE PUBLISHED
2023 Jul 21
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
medline 2023/07/21 06:44
pubmed 2023/07/21 06:44
entrez 2023/07/21 05:26
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Gomez LM Gomez Lina M LM QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Mitchell BL Mitchell Brittany L BL QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
McAloney K McAloney Kerrie K QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Adsett J Adsett Jessica J QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Garden N Garden Natalie N QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Wood M Wood Madeline M QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Diaz-Torres S Diaz-Torres Santiago S School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Garcia-Marin LM Garcia-Marin Luis M LM School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Breakspear M Breakspear Michael M School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Lupton MK Lupton Michelle K MK School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland, Australia.
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TITLE: Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies
ISOABBREVIATION: Twin Res Hum Genet
YEAR: 2023
MONTH: Jul
DAY: 21
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CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1832-4274
ISSNTYPE: Print
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MEDLINETA: Twin Res Hum Genet
COUNTRY: England
ISSNLINKING: 1832-4274
NLMUNIQUEID: 101244624
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Journal Article
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Alzheimer’s disease
PRS
bias
genetics
polygenic
recruitment
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