Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
APOE ε4 and peripheral metabolic network architecture in older adults
Background Whether apolipoprotein E ( APOE ) ε4 status shapes the organization of modifiable peripheral metabolic risk pathways for dementia prevention remains unclear. Most prior studies have focused on individual APOE -by-biomarker interactions rather than the broader conditional dependency structure among metabolic variables. Objective We aimed to examine whether APOE ε4 is conditionally connected to metabolic factors and whether network architecture differs by genotype. Methods In 2454 participants from the Kor …