Racial/ethnic differences in neuropsychological test performance in frontotemporal degeneration
Racially/ethnically minoritized individuals with frontotemporal dementia are severely underrepresented in the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center datasetRacially/ethnically minoritized individuals with frontotemporal dementia obtained lower scores and greater likelihood of impairment on common neuropsychological testsThe effect of racial/ethnic group on neuropsychological test scores was substantially attenuated when adjusting for disease severity, education level, sex, and age.
Authors
- Emma Rhodes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9053-0114)
- Corey T. McMillan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7581-6405)
- Hannah A. Jin
- Melanie A. Matyi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4623-2080)
- Lauren Massimo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3407-7335)
- Sheina Emrani
- David J. Irwin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5599-5098)
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Neurobehavioral Systems (US)
- Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.70190
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging