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Prevalence rates for dementia and Alzheimer's disease in African Americans: 1992 versus 2001.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association - 1 May 2009
Hall Kathleen S, Gao Sujuan, Baiyewu Olusegun, Lane Kathleen A, Gureje Oye, Shen Jianzhao, Ogunniyi Adesola, Murrell Jill R, Unverzagt Frederick W, Dickens Jeanne, Smith-Gamble Valerie, Hendrie Hugh C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: This study compares age-specific and overall prevalence rates for dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD) in two nonoverlapping, population-based cohorts of elderly African Americans in Indianapolis in 2001 and 1992. METHODS: We used a two-stage design. The first stage involves the Community Screening Interview for Dementia (CSI-D). The CSI-D scores are grouped into good, intermediate, and poor...
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