Race/Ethnic Disparities in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: The Northern Manhattan Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Variability in dementia rates across racial and ethnic groups has been estimated at 60%. Studies suggest disparities in Caribbean Hispanic and Black populations, but community-based data are limited.

Objective

Estimate the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia in the racially and ethnically diverse community-based Northern Manhattan Study cohort and examine sociodemographic, vascular risk factor, and brain imaging correlates.

Methods

Cases of MCI and dementia were adjudicated by a team of neuropsychologists and neurologists and prevalence was estimated across race/ethnic groups. Ordinal proportional odds models were used to estimate race/ethnic differences in the prevalence of MCI or dementia adjusting for sociodemographic variables (mo

SUBMITTER: Wright CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8150441 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature