Login / Signup

Functional measures and AD biomarkers among Hispanic and White non-Hispanic older adults.

Miriam J RodriguezLisandra MendozaPatricia GarciaAndres DuarteDilianna PadronMichael MarsiskeJacob FialaJoanna GonzalezRanjan Duara
Published in: Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (2024)
The current study addresses health disparities in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementia assessment among Hispanics by identifying measures sensitive to early AD biomarkers.Associations of functional measures with AD genetic and neuroimaging biomarkers revealed that similarities in these associations exist between Hispanic and White non-Hispanic individuals, but biological sex and amyloid load significantly predicted functional limitations among the Hispanic group only.These results have clinical implications for physicians who treat Hispanic AD patients and indicate that when compared to traditional diagnostic assessments, functional assessments may better aid in AD diagnostic precision among Hispanics.
Keyphrases