Communications Medicine (Apr 2023)

Similarities and differences in Alzheimer’s dementia comorbidities in racialized populations identified from electronic medical records

  • Sarah R. Woldemariam,
  • Alice S. Tang,
  • Tomiko T. Oskotsky,
  • Kristine Yaffe,
  • Marina Sirota

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-023-00280-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Woldemariam et al. use electronic medical records to explore comorbidities in individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease stratified by four identified race and ethnicity categories. Whilst most comorbidities are similar, a few comorbidities, including respiratory diseases, are associated with Black- and Latine- identified individuals.