CSDE Affiliate Zamora and colleagues publish in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Posted: 10/2/2022 ()

CSDE Affiliate Anna Zamora-Kapoor, with colleagues Luciana Hebert, Lonnie Nelson, Dean Shibata, WT Longstreth, Barbara Howard, Dedra Buchwald, and Astrid Suchy-Dicey, published the article: “Body mass index, white matter hyperintensities, and cognitive performance in American Indians: data from the Strong Heart Study.” in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 

Utilizing longitudinal data from the Cerebrovascular Disease and its Consequences in American Indians, this study collects BMI information at mid and late life along with cognitive data in order to test whether white matter hyperintensities (WMH) mediate the association between BMI and cognitive  performance.