Cognitive Trajectories and Associated Social and Behavioral Determinants Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Older Adults in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Despite higher risks of developing Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias among racial/ethnic minority populations, some maintain good cognition until old age. The aims of this study were to investigate heterogeneous cognitive trajectories among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic older adults, examine cognitive impairment prevalence across trajectory classes, and identify associated social and behavioral determinants.

Research design and methods

Using 11 waves of data from the Health and Retirement Study (1996-2016), 1,322 non-Hispanic Black and 747 Hispanic adults aged 50+ years in 1996 with normal cognition were included. Latent class growth modeling and multinomial logistic regressions were performed to examine cognitive traje

SUBMITTER: Wang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11604063 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature