The cross‐sectional association of White Matter Hyperintensities, CAIDE Dementia Risk Score, and cognition in Mexican American elders from the HABS‐HD Study
Raul Vintimilla · 2025
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Description
Raul Vintimilla published a study in 2025 on white matter damage, dementia risk scores, and thinking in Mexican American elders. Both brain white matter spots and the CAIDE risk score are known to affect cognition, but their joint role in this group was unclear. The analysis covered one hundred and twelve cognitively normal elders from a brain aging study, split by a risk score cutoff.
The high-risk group was older, less educated, and scored lower on every thinking test. White matter load tracked worse memory, executive skill, and processing speed. The risk score alone tracked no test directly, yet it partly carried the white matter effect on two skills. The author calls for follow-up on whether this pattern forecasts decline.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Raul Vintimilla |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |