Proneness to psychological distress and risk of Alzheimer disease in a biracial community

• Published in: Neurology Vol. 64; no. 2; p. 380
• Main Authors: Wilson, R S, Barnes, L L, Bennett, D A, Li, Y, Bienias, J L, Mendes de Leon, C F, Evans, D A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 25.01.2005
• Subjects: African Americans - psychology; Aged; Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology; Chicago - epidemiology; Cohort Studies; Disease Susceptibility; European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Risk; Sampling Studies; Stress, Psychological - epidemiology; Chicago

Persons without dementia residing in a biracial community completed a brief scale of proneness to psychological distress, and 1,064 were subsequently examined for incident Alzheimer disease (AD) 3 to 6 years later. In analyses controlling for selected demographic and clinical variables, persons pron...