Ethnicity Breakdown
Sixty-one percent of cohort members identified themselves as Hispanic (84% of whom were of Caribbean origin), 22% were white, and 17% were African-American.
Diagnosis & Evaluation Methods
For detailed description, see Tang MX et al. 1998.
References
Tang MX, Stern Y, Marder K, Bell K, Gurland B, Lantigua R, Andrews H, Feng L, Tycko B, Mayeux R. The APOE-epsilon4 allele and the risk of Alzheimer disease among African Americans, whites, and Hispanics. JAMA. 1998 Mar 11;279(10):751-5.
