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Prevalence of dementia in older latinos: the influence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, stroke and genetic factors.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - 1 Feb 2003
Haan Mary N, Mungas Dan M, Gonzalez Hector M, Ortiz Teresa A, Acharya Ananth, Jagust William J
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OBJECTIVES: To estimate dementia prevalence in older Mexican Americans, determine the distribution of dementia by etiology, and evaluate the contribution of type 2 diabetes mellitus, stroke, and apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotype to dementia. DESIGN: Analysis of baseline data from an epidemiological cohort study. SETTING: Sacramento Valley, California. PARTICIPANTS: One thousand seven hundred eighty-nine Latinos...
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