Race and Incident Dementia Among Older Black and Older White Men

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dc.contributor.authorJerry-Asooto, Bosola
dc.contributor.authorKim, Boeun
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Alison
dc.contributor.authorGallo, Joseph J.
dc.contributor.authorWhitfield, Keith E.
dc.contributor.authorTurnerII, Robert W.
dc.contributor.authorThorpe, Roland J.
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-23T20:30:38Z
dc.date.available2025-04-23T20:30:38Z
dc.date.issued2025-03-01
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to determine if racial differences exist between older Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and White (NHW) men in incident dementia over 11 years (2011–2022) in the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS). The analytic sample included 2395 community-dwelling NHB and NHW men free of dementia at baseline who self-identified as Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and White (NHW). Dementia was assessed at each visit using a validated algorithm developed by NHATS. After adjusting for demographics, place, and health-related characteristics in the Cox proportional hazard models, older NHB men had an increased risk of dementia (hazard ratio: 1.63, 95% confidence interval: [1.22–2.17]) compared to older NHW men. There may be unique factors such as stressors, patterns of genes, or perhaps nutrition that older NHB men possess and experience throughout their lives that contribute to the increased incident dementia.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Institute on Aging (R25AG076635, P30AG059298), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (U54MD000214).
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dc.format.extent8 pages
dc.genrejournal articles
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2vmik-dono
dc.identifier.citationJerry-Asooto, Bosola, Boeun Kim, Alison Huang, Joseph J. Gallo, Keith E. Whitfield, Robert W. TurnerII, and Roland J. Thorpe. “Race and Incident Dementia Among Older Black and Older White Men.” Journal of Aging and Health 37, no. 3-4_suppl (March 1, 2025): 32S-39S. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643241310296.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/08982643241310296
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/37973
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSage
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dc.titleRace and Incident Dementia Among Older Black and Older White Men
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