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Racial discrimination during middle age predicts higher serum phosphorylated tau and neurofilament light chain levels a decade later: A study of aging black Americans.

Ronald L SimonsMei Ling OngMan-Kit LeiSteven R H BeachYue ZhangRobert PhilibertMichelle M Mielke
Published in: Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association (2024)
A 17-year longitudinal study of Black Americans. Assessments of change in serum p-tau181, neurofilament light, and glial fibrillary acidic protein. Exposure to racial discrimination during middle age predicted increases in p-tau181 and neurofilament light. Education was positively related to both p-tau181 and exposure to racial discrimination.
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