Neighborhood segregation and cognitive change: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

Lilah M BesserOanh L MeyerMiranda R JonesDuyen TranMichaela BookerDiana MitsovaRachel PetersonJames E GalvinJames R BatemanKathleen M HaydenTimothy M Hughes

Published in: Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association (2022)

A study of neighborhood racial/ethnic segregation and change in cognition. Study was based on a racially and geographically diverse, population-based cohort of older adults. Racial/ethnic segregation (clustering) was measured by the Getis-ord (Gi*) statistic. We saw faster processing speed decline among Black individuals in segregated neighborhoods.

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