Type 2 Diabetes and Cognitive Decline Over 14 Years in Middle-Aged African Americans and Whites: The ARIC Brain MRI Study | Zendy

Elizabeth Rose Mayeda | Zendy; Mary N. Haan | Zendy; John Neuhaus | Zendy; Kristine Yaffe | Zendy; David S. Knopman | Zendy; A. Richey Sharrett | Zendy; Michael Griswold | Zendy; Sonia Thomas | Zendy

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Type 2 Diabetes and Cognitive Decline Over 14 Years in Middle-Aged African Americans and Whites: The ARIC Brain MRI Study

Author(s) -

Elizabeth Rose Mayeda,

Mary N. Haan,

John Neuhaus,

Kristine Yaffe,

David S. Knopman,

A. Richey Sharrett,

Michael Griswold,

Sonia Thomas

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

neuroepidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217

H-Index - 87

eISSN - 1423-0208

pISSN - 0251-5350

DOI - 10.1159/000366506

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , cognitive decline , verbal fluency test , dementia , gerontology , type 2 diabetes , demography , cognition , verbal memory , disease , neuropsychology , psychiatry , endocrinology , sociology

Diabetes predicts late-life dementia, but the association with rate of cognitive decline is inconsistent and has rarely been examined in non-white populations, despite the high prevalence of diabetes in African Americans. We evaluated the effect of diabetes on cognitive decline in middle-aged African Americans and whites.

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