TNF and Mental deterioration: As a result of haplotypicanalysis we detected the association of the TNF*АА haplotype(rs1041981, rs1800629) (βST = 1.19; p = 0.033; pperm = 0.047)with an enhanced level of nonverbal intelligence in individualswithout cognitive decline, which remained statisticallysignificant after correction for multiple comparisons.