Features of the Physical and Social Neighborhood Environment and Neighborhood-Level Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia in South Carolina.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies are increasingly examining the relationship between the neighborhood environment and cognitive decline; yet, few have investigated associations between multiple neighborhood features and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD).

Objective

We investigated the relationship between neighborhood features and ADRD cumulative incidence from 2010 to 2014 in the South Carolina Alzheimer's Disease Registry (SCADR).

Methods

Diagnosed ADRD cases ≥50 years of age were ascertained from the SCADR by ZIP code and census tract. Neighborhood features from multiple secondary sources included poverty, air pollution [particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less (PM2.5)], and rurality at the census-tract level and access to healthy food, recreat

SUBMITTER: Alhasan DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10901285 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature