A study of over 6,300 Latinos of Dominican, Central American, Cuban, Mexican Puerto Rican and South American heritage estimates that nearly 10% of middle-age and older Latinos in the U.S. meet the criteria for mild cognitive impairment. MCI is a transitional stage between healthy aging and dementia characterized by a slight decline in memory and thinking skills.
The research, led by researchers at the University of California at Davis and San Diego, publishes Nov. 18 in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. It is an important first step in understanding Alzheimer’s and other dementias in understudied Latino populations.
“Latinos share regional forms of the Spanish language, but their cultural histories, genetic…
