民族种族认同和认知障碍:一个社区研究
Isabella Wood1, Ruopu Song1, Yingjin Zhang2
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Alzheimer disease and associated disorders
|May 15, 2024
概括
由于糖尿病和中风等因素,黑人成年人患轻度认知障碍 (MCI) 的几率更高. 识别和解决这些可修改的风险因素对于减少健康差异至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 轻度认知障碍 (MCI) 构成了重大的公共卫生挑战,不成比例地影响了某些民族种族群体.
- 了解MCI可修改的风险因素对于减少健康不平等至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查65岁及以上成年人中与MCI相关的潜在风险因素.
- 为了比较黑人和白人参与者之间这些风险因素的患病率.
- 探索种族,MCI和各种暴露之间的相互作用.
主要方法:
- 对2845名65岁以上的成年人进行了横截面研究.
- 评估暴露,包括教育,健康,生活方式和感官功能.
- 使用后勤回归来模拟MCI风险,调整共变量并检查种族*暴露相互作用.
主要成果:
- 与白人参与者相比,黑人参与者患MCI的几率比白人参与者高53%,即使调整了年龄,性别和教育程度.
- 抑郁症状,糖尿病,中风,终身吸烟,睡眠障碍,社会隔离,孤独,焦虑和感官障碍与增加MCI几率有关.
- 在种族和特定暴露之间没有发现显著的相互作用.
结论:
- 黑人面临着更高的MCI风险,这与特定的健康和生活方式因素有关.
- 对MCI的确定的风险因素在黑人和白人参与者之间一致.
- 针对可修改的风险因素可能有助于减轻MCI负担并减少健康差异.
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