Vulnerability to Hypertension Is a Major Determinant of Racial Disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease Risk

Abstract

Higher incidence levels of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in Black Americans are well documented. However, quantitative explanations of this disparity in terms of risk-factor diseases acting through well-defined pathways are lacking.

Document Details

• Document Type: Pub Defense Publication
• Publication Date: May 18, 2022
• Source ID: 10.1093/ajh/hpac063

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People

• Arseniy P Yashkin
• Igor Akushevich
• Julia Kravchenko
• Stanislav Kolpakov

Organizations

• Duke University
• National Institute on Aging
• United States Department of Defense

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