African Americans And Alzheimer Disease The Silent Epidemic
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Epidemic of Alzheimer's Disease of Alzheimer's disease in African. Alzheimer's disease is more prevalent among. African-Americans than
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The Alzheimer’s Association has identified anemerging public health crisis among African-Americans — the Silent Epidemic of Alzheimer’s Disease. This report brings together for the first timean accumulating body of evidence about the scopeand nature of Alzheimer’s disease in African-Americans. Each study is important on its own, butonly when put together does the magnitude of thecrisis become clear. Among the findings from research highlighted in thisreport : • Alzheimer’s disease is more prevalent among African-Americans than among whites — with estimates ranging from 14% to almost 100% higher; • There is a greater familial risk of Alzheimer’s in African-Americans; and • Genetic and environmental factors may work differently to cause Alzheimer’s disease in African-Americans.
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