Risk of mild cognitive impairment among older adults in the United States by ethnoracial group.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) among a wide range of ethnoracial groups in the US.

Design

Non-probabilistic longitudinal clinical research.

Setting

Participants enrolling into the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center Unified Data Set recruited via multiple approaches including clinician referral, self-referral by patients or family members, or active recruitment through community organizations.

Participants

Cognitively normal individuals 55 and older at the initial visit, who reported race and ethnicity information, with at least two visits between September 2005 and November 2018.

Measurements

Ethnoracial information was self-reported and grouped into non-Latino Whites, Asian Americans, Native Americans, African Am

SUBMITTER: Perales-Puchalt J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7365740 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature