Lack of relation between race and cognitive test performance in Alzheimer's disease

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Abstract

This study evaluated cognitive test performance in African-American and European-American Alzheimer's disease patients with equivalent years of education. Group differences were negligible on a variety of memory, language, and attentional measures, including several widely used neuropsychological tests. Differences between racial groups observed in earlier studies may have stemmed, in part, from differences in education, which may itself serve as a proxy for other potentially important sociologic and health variables.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1499-1501
Number of pages3
JournalNeurology
Volume50
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1998

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Neurology

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