We measured serum FGF23 levels in 1537 [53% women, mean age 68.7 (SD 5.7)] dementia-free Framingham Offspring participants at their 7th quadrennial examination (1998–2001), and followed these participants for the development of clinical all-cause dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The gene discussed is FGF23; the disease is acute lymphoblastic leukemia.