Atherosclerosis in Communities - Neurocognitive Study
Principal Investigator: Joseph Coresh, M.D.
The goal of this study is to determine if late-life cognitive impairment and dementia are associated with midlife vascular risk factors. This is a multidisciplinary, multi-center prospective study of 15,792 black and white, men and women, who were aged 45-64 when they were first examined in 1987. The proposed study emphasizes the impact of mid-life vascular risks on subsequent mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia because of the potential that risk-modification may lower the prevalence of MCI or dementia in late life.
For more information contact Joseph Coresh at jcoresh1@jhmi.edu.