Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Alzheimer's Disease Link with Cardio and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Based on Hawaii Medicare Data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an expanding body of literature implicating heart disease and stroke as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Hawaii is one of the six majority-minority states in the United States and has significant racial health disparities. The Native-Hawaiians/Pacific-Islander (NHPI) population is well-known as a high-risk group for a variety of disease conditions.

Objective

We explored the association of cardiovascular disease with AD development based on the Hawaii Medicare data, focusing on racial disparities.

Methods

We utilized nine years of Hawaii Medicare data to identify subjects who developed heart failure (HF), ischemic heart disease (IHD), atrial fibrillation (AF), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), stroke, and progressed to AD, using multistat

SUBMITTER: Siriwardhana C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10578323 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature