Subjective Memory Complaints Are an Important Surrogate for Objective Cognitive Performance in African Americans.

DISCUSSION: These findings demonstrate that SMCs are associated with lower scores on objective neuropsychological measures among older AAs. Additional work is needed to determine whether SMCs are further associated with a risk for clinical transition to mild cognitive impairment or dementia among AA older adults. PMID: 31633556 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders - October 23, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord Source Type: research