Alzheimer’s Disease Duration and Outcome Vary According to Ethnoracial Groups, Study Finds
Hispanic-American patients with Alzheimer’s disease tend to live significantly longer after disease onset and with milder cognitive decline than African-Americans and non-Hispanic whites, a study reports. The study, “Ethnoracial differences in Alzheimer’s disease from the FLorida Autopsied Multi-Ethnic (FLAME) cohort,” was published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia.