Journal
NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages 659-667Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.09.014
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; Cortical thickness; Health disparities; Minority health; MRI
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Funding
- Charles Barkley Health Disparities Award
- NIH [P30AG031054]
- National Institute of Health [P01AG036694]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [P01AG036694] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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African Americans are two to four times more likely to develop dementia as Non-Hispanic Whites. This increased risk among African Americans represents a critical health disparity that affects nearly 43 million Americans. The present study tested the hypothesis that older African Americans with elevated beta-amyloid would show greater neurodegeneration (smaller hippocampal volumes and decreased cortical thickness) than older Non-Hispanic Whites with elevated beta-amyloid. Data from the Harvard Aging Brain Study (HABS) were used to form a group of older African Americans and two matched groups of Non-Hispanic White adults. Amyloid-positive African Americans had decreased cortical thickness in most of the Alzheimer's disease (AD) signature regions compared with amyloid-positive Non-Hispanic Whites. This factor was negatively correlated with age and white matter hypointensities. Using support vector regression, we also found some evidence that African Americans have an older brain age than Non-Hispanic Whites. These findings suggest that African Americans might be more susceptible to factors causing neurodegeneration, which then might accelerate the rate of a diagnosis of AD.
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