Cerebral Structure and Cognitive Performance in African Americans and European Americans With Type 2 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

African Americans typically perform worse than European Americans on cognitive testing. Contributions of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and educational quality to cognitive performance and brain volumes were compared in European Americans and African Americans with type 2 diabetes.

Methods

Association between magnetic resonance imaging-determined cerebral volumes of white matter (WMV), gray matter (GMV), white matter lesions (WMLV), hippocampal GMV, and modified mini-mental state exam (3MSE), digit symbol coding (DSC), Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), Stroop, and verbal fluency performance were assessed in Diabetes Heart Study Memory in Diabetes (MIND) participants. Marginal models incorporating generalized estimating equations were employed w

SUBMITTER: Hsu FC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5861881 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature