What is the effect of Breathwork for APOE4 carriers?
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Phoenix APOE4 Research · Reviewed by Kevin Tran, APOE4/4 carrier and founder · Data through 2026-08-23 · How to read this research
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Breathwork · 1 outcome shown.
Intervention categoryHabits
InterventionBreathwork
Breathwork
HabitsOutcomes: 1Calm rating: Increase 1.5 points
Cases: 1
Context affected
Details
Member #093531 averaged 7.9 calm points on 34 breathwork days versus 6.4 across 26 comparison days, with sauna often co-occurring.
Breathwork
?Collecting evidenceMember #093531 averaged 7.9 calm points on 34 breathwork days versus 6.4 across 26 comparison days, with sauna often co-occurring.
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- Phoenix memberAPOE4/462male
Calm averaged 7.9 on 34 breathwork days versus 6.4 across 26 comparison days, with sauna often co-occurring.
What else changed and what to test next
What else changed: nearby starts included sauna.
Next study: repeat Calm rating after a dated Breathwork window.
- logged members
- 1
- members with repeats
- 1
- observations
- 60
- measurements
- 60
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