Friday, December 18, 2015

African-Americans more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than Caucasians

Emory University researchers have conducted the only known meta-analysis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) incidence by race and found that African-Americans are 64 percent more likely to develop AD than Caucasians, after adjusting for age, gender and education. The estimate for prevalence of AD was 5.5 percent for Caucasians and 8.6 percent for African-Americans.

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