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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2020

Cognition and the Predictive Utility of Three Risk Scores in an Ethnically Diverse Sample.

Stephanie Torres, Angel Alexander, Sid O'Bryant, Luis D Medina

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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  3. Associations of dementia polyexposure scores to Alzheimer's disease endophenotypes in a diverse population.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  9. Dementia risk scores, apolipoprotein E, and risk of Alzheimer's disease: One size does not fit all.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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  10. Dementia Risk Scores,medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024
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4 authors.

Stephanie TorresDepartment of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Angel AlexanderDepartment of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Sid O'BryantDepartment of Pharmacology & Neuroscience, University of Northern Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
Luis D MedinaDepartment of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.

Funding

Health Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment among Mexican AmericansR01AG054073 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI O'BRYANT, SID E, TOGA, ARTHUR W · 2017 to 2021
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NIA NIH HHS R01 AG054073
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVarious factors, such as age, cardiovascular concerns, and lifestyle patterns, are associated with risk for cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Risk scores model predictive risk of developing a disease (e.g., dementia, stroke). Many of these scores have been primarily developed in largely non-Hispanic/Latino (non-H/L) White samples and little is known about their applicability in ethno-racially diverse populations.

objectiveThe primary aim was to examine the relationship between three established risk scores and cognitive performance. These relationships were compared across ethnic groups.

methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study with a multi-ethnic, rural-dwelling group of participants (Mage = 61.6±12.6 years, range: 40-96 years; 373F:168M; 39.7% H/L). The Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and Dementia (CAIDE), Framingham Risk Score (FRS), and Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project (WHICAP) score were calculated for each participant.

resultsAll three scores were significantly associated with cognition in both H/L and non-H/L groups. In H/Ls, cognition was predicted by FRS: β= -0.08, p = 0.022; CAIDE: β= -0.08, p < 0.001; and WHICAP: β= -0.04, p < 0.001. In non-H/Ls, cognition was predicted by FRS: β= -0.11, p < 0.001; CAIDE: β= -0.14, p < 0.001; and WHICAP: β= -0.08, p < 0.001. The strength of this relationship differed between groups for FRS [t(246) = -4.61, p < 0.001] and CAIDE [t(420) = -3.20, p = 0.001], but not for WHICAP [t(384) = -1.03, p = 0.30], which already includes ethnicity in its calculation.

conclusionThese findings support the utility of these three risk scores in predicting cognition while underscoring the need to account for ethnicity. Moreover, our results highlight the importance of cardiovascular and other demographic factors in predicting cognitive outcomes.

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CognitionNeuropsychological TestsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCardiovascular DiseasesCross-Sectional StudiesDementiaEthnicityFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsRural PopulationAgingcognitiondementiaHispanic Americansminority health

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PMID32390625
PMCPMC8273928

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