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<blockquote data-quote="Vince" data-source="post: 20326" data-attributes="member: 843"><p>This is what LabtestsOnline has to say about the test results: </p><p><strong>What does the test result mean?</strong>Patients with ApoE e2/e2 alleles are at a higher risk of premature vascular disease, but they may never develop disease. Likewise, they may have the disease and not have e2/e2 alleles because it is only one of the factors involved. ApoE genotyping adds additional information and, if symptoms are present, e2/e2 is diagnostic of Type III <a href="http://javascript<strong></strong>: optionsdisplay('../../../glossary/hyperlipo.html')" target="_blank">hyperlipoproteinemia</a> (also known as familial dysbetalipoproteinemia), although diagnosis must be made in conjunction with other test results and the patient's clinical history. Patients who have ApoE e4/e4 are more likely to have <a href="http://javascript<strong></strong>:%20optionsdisplay('../../../glossary/atherosclerosis.html')" target="_blank">atherosclerosis</a>. Patients who have symptoms of late onset <a href="http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/alzheimers.html" target="_blank">Alzheimer's disease (AD)</a> AND have one or more ApoE e4 copies of the e4 gene are more likely to have AD. It is not diagnostic of AD, though, and should NOT be used to screen asymptomatic patients or their family members. Many people will have e4 alleles and never develop AD. Even in symptomatic patients, only about 60% of those with late onset AD will have ApoE e4 alleles.</p><p>ApoE e3 has “normal” lipid metabolism, thus no genotype impact.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vince, post: 20326, member: 843"] This is what LabtestsOnline has to say about the test results: [B]What does the test result mean?[/B]Patients with ApoE e2/e2 alleles are at a higher risk of premature vascular disease, but they may never develop disease. Likewise, they may have the disease and not have e2/e2 alleles because it is only one of the factors involved. ApoE genotyping adds additional information and, if symptoms are present, e2/e2 is diagnostic of Type III [URL="http://javascript<strong></strong>: optionsdisplay('../../../glossary/hyperlipo.html')"]hyperlipoproteinemia[/URL] (also known as familial dysbetalipoproteinemia), although diagnosis must be made in conjunction with other test results and the patient's clinical history. Patients who have ApoE e4/e4 are more likely to have [URL="http://javascript<strong></strong>:%20optionsdisplay('../../../glossary/atherosclerosis.html')"]atherosclerosis[/URL]. Patients who have symptoms of late onset [URL="http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/alzheimers.html"]Alzheimer's disease (AD)[/URL] AND have one or more ApoE e4 copies of the e4 gene are more likely to have AD. It is not diagnostic of AD, though, and should NOT be used to screen asymptomatic patients or their family members. Many people will have e4 alleles and never develop AD. Even in symptomatic patients, only about 60% of those with late onset AD will have ApoE e4 alleles. ApoE e3 has “normal” lipid metabolism, thus no genotype impact. [/QUOTE]
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