Race and Incident Dementia Among Older Black and Older White Men

Bosola Jerry-Asooto; Boeun Kim; Alison Huang; Joseph J Gallo; Keith E Whitfield; Robert W Turner II; Roland J Thorpe

doi:10.1177/08982643241310296

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Race and Incident Dementia Among Older Black and Older White Men

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Race and Incident Dementia Among Older Black and Older White Men

Bosola Jerry-Asooto, Boeun Kim, Alison Huang, Joseph J Gallo, Keith E Whitfield, Robert W Turner II and Roland J Thorpe

Journal of aging and health, Vol.37(3-4_suppl), pp.32S-39S

03/2025

DOI: 10.1177/08982643241310296

PMCID: PMC12100542

PMID: 40123185

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine if racial differences exist between older Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and White (NHW) men in incident dementia over 11 years (2011-2022) in the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS). The analytic sample included 2395 community-dwelling NHB and NHW men free of dementia at baseline who self-identified as Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and White (NHW). Dementia was assessed at each visit using a validated algorithm developed by NHATS. After adjusting for demographics, place, and health-related characteristics in the Cox proportional hazard models, older NHB men had an increased risk of dementia (hazard ratio: 1.63, 95% confidence interval: [1.22-2.17]) compared to older NHW men. There may be unique factors such as stressors, patterns of genes, or perhaps nutrition that older NHB men possess and experience throughout their lives that contribute to the increased incident dementia.

Aged

Aged, 80 and over

Black or African American - statistics & numerical data

Dementia - epidemiology

Dementia - ethnology

Humans

Incidence

Male

Proportional Hazards Models

Risk Factors

United States - epidemiology

White

White People - statistics & numerical data

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Title: Subtitle: Race and Incident Dementia Among Older Black and Older White Men
Creators: Bosola Jerry-Asooto - Johns Hopkins University
Boeun Kim - Johns Hopkins University
Alison Huang - Johns Hopkins University
Joseph J Gallo - Johns Hopkins University
Keith E Whitfield - University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Robert W Turner II - George Washington University
Roland J Thorpe - Johns Hopkins University
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of aging and health, Vol.37(3-4_suppl), pp.32S-39S
DOI: 10.1177/08982643241310296
PMID: 40123185
PMCID: PMC12100542
NLM abbreviation: J Aging Health
ISSN: 0898-2643
eISSN: 1552-6887
Publisher: Sage
Grant note: National Institute on Aging: R25AG076635, P30AG059298 National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities: U54MD000214
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Institute on Aging (R25AG076635, P30AG059298), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (U54MD000214).
Language: English
Date published: 03/2025
Academic Unit: Nursing
Record Identifier: 9984802499302771

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