Why the study?
Do cardiovascular health and educational attainment predict cognitive functioning in African Americans?
Population
African Americans from the Baltimore Study of Black Aging
Design
Cohort
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Educational attainment may outperform self-reported cardiovascular health as a cognitive predictor in older African Americans; leaves open whether objective CV measures add value.
Do cardiovascular health and educational attainment predict cognitive functioning in African Americans?
While self-reported cardiovascular health contributes to cognitive variability in older African Americans, educational attainment is a more universal predictor of cognitive functioning.
Morgan et al. (2010) studied this question.
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