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Kidney problems may skew Alzheimer’s blood test results, study suggests
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A large study published in Neurology finds that impaired kidney function is linked to higher levels of Alzheimer’s biomarkers in the blood, without increasing overall dementia risk. However, among people who already have elevated biomarker levels, poor kidney health may hasten when dementia symptoms appear, underscoring the need to factor kidney function into interpretation of Alzheimer’s blood tests.