Open AccessRace/ethnic differences in AD survival in US Alzheimer's Disease Centers.
Author(s) -
Kala M. Mehta,
Kristine Yaffe,
Eliseo J. PérezStable,
A. Stewart,
Deborah E. Barnes,
Brenda F. Kurland,
Bruce L. Miller
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pubmed
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.91
H-Index - 364
eISSN - 1526-632X
DOI - 10.1212/01.wnl.0000285287.99923.3c
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , ethnic group , disease , proportional hazards model , demography , gerontology , african american , asian americans , race (biology) , confidence interval , ethnology , sociology , anthropology , history , botany , biology
Survival after Alzheimer disease (AD) is poorly understood for patients of diverse race/ethnic groups. We examined whether nonwhite AD patients (African American, Latino, Asian, American Indian) had different rates of survival compared with white AD patients.