Cerebral ventricles are smaller in Hispanic than non-Hispanic patients with Alzheimer's disease

Neurology. 2000 Aug 8;55(3):446-8. doi: 10.1212/wnl.55.3.446.

Abstract

MRI scans were compared between 71 Hispanic and 73 white non-Hispanic patients with National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke probable AD. Analysis of covariance controlled for age, sex, education, and Mini-Mental State Examination scores indicated that ventricular size was smaller in Hispanic than white non-Hispanic patients (p = 0.0003). There was no difference in cortical atrophy and T2-weighted white matter hyperintense signals between groups.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alzheimer Disease / ethnology*
  • Alzheimer Disease / pathology*
  • Cerebral Ventricles / pathology*
  • Female
  • Hispanic or Latino*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged