The association of cardiovascular disease risk and renal function to cognition in middle‐aged to older adult Black Americans: Findings from the African Americans Fighting Alzheimer’s in Midlife (AA‐FAIM) study
Gilda E Ennis, Derek L Norton, Hector Salazar, Fabu P Carter, Erin M Jonaitis, Rebecca E Langhough, Nathaniel A Chin, Megan L Zuelsdorff, Sanjay Asthana, Sterling C Johnson, Carey E Gleason · 2025
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Gilda Ennis and colleagues studied in 2025 how heart disease risk and kidney function relate to thinking skills in middle-aged and older Black Americans. This group faces higher rates of heart risk factors and kidney failure, both tied to dementia risk, yet the link to cognition in healthy adults was little studied. Data came from a Wisconsin study on Alzheimer's prevention.
About a quarter of participants had high ten-year heart risk. Higher blood pressure tracked with faster decline in processing speed with age, and higher past pressure with weaker language scores in older adults. Heart risk also tracked with worse attention and working memory, and poorer kidney function with weaker fluency and speed. Most findings faded after strict correction, which may reflect limited power.
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| CREATOR | Gilda E Ennis, Derek L Norton, Hector Salazar, Fabu P Carter, Erin M Jonaitis, Rebecca E Langhough, Nathaniel A Chin, Megan L Zuelsdorff, Sanjay Asthana, Sterling C Johnson, Carey E Gleason |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |