Journal
HEALTH AFFAIRS
Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 580-586Publisher
PROJECT HOPE
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1353
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- National Institute on Aging [R01AG22018, R01AG17917, P30AG10161, P20MD006886]
- Illinois Department of Public Health
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As the US elderly population continues to expand rapidly, Alzheimer's disease poses a major and increasing public health challenge, and older African Americans may be disproportionately burdened by the disease. Although African Americans were generally underincluded in previous research studies, new and growing evidence suggests that they may be at increased risk of the disease and that they differ from the non-Hispanic white population in risk factors and disease manifestation. This article offers an overview of the challenges of Alzheimer's disease in African Americans, including diagnosis issues, disparities in risk factors and clinical presentation of disease, and community-based recommendations to enhance research with this population.
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