Yiqi Zhu, Soobin Park, Ramana Kolady, Wenqing Zha, Ying Ma, Amanda Dias, Katherine McGuire, Angela Hardi, Sunny Lin, Zahinoor Ismail, Paris B Adkins-Jackson, Jean-Francois Trani, Ganesh M Babulal
We investigate Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD) prevalence, incidence rate, and risk factors in individuals racialized as Asian and/or Asian-American and assess sample representation. Prevalence, incidence rate, risk factors, and heterogeneity of samples were assessed. Random-effects meta-analysis was conducted, generating pooled estimates. Of 920 records across 14 databases, 45 studies were included. Individuals racialized as Asian and/or Asian-American were mainly from Eastern and Southern Asia, had higher education, and constituted a smaller sample relative to non-Hispanic white cohorts...
May 6, 2024: Alzheimer's & Dementia: the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association