scholarly journals Obtaining Accelerometer Data in a National Cohort of Black and White Adults

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 1531-1537 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIRGINIA J. HOWARD ◽  
J. DAVID RHODES ◽  
ALEENA MOSHER ◽  
BRENT HUTTO ◽  
MARGARET S. STEWART ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Accelerometer Data ◽  
Black And White ◽  
National Cohort ◽  
White Adults

scholarly journals Design of REGARDS: A National Cohort of Black and White Adults to Study Disparities in Stroke and Cognitive Function

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 856-856
Author(s):  
Virginia Howard ◽  
Mary Cushman ◽  
Virginia Wadley ◽  
Jennifer Manly ◽  
Suzanne Judd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Home Visit ◽  
Cardiovascular Health ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Global Cognitive Function ◽  
National Cohort ◽  
Regards Study ◽  
Stroke Belt ◽  
White Adults

Abstract The REGARDS study enrolled 30,239 whites and blacks aged >45 from 2003 – 2007, with oversampling of blacks and residents of the Stroke Belt. Potential participants were mailed a letter/brochure followed by telephone call. After verbal consent, telephone interview assessed cardiovascular health and cognitive function. In a home visit, measurements of risk factors, biological samples, EKG, written consent were obtained; during the in-home visit, self-administrated questionnaires were left to be completed and returned. Participants are followed for hospitalizations via telephone at 6-month intervals. Annually and biennially, brief and more comprehensive assessments of global cognitive function are conducted. Medical records for suspected strokes are collected with adjudication by stroke experts. A 2nd in-home and telephone assessment was conducted 2013-2016, approximately 10 years after baseline. This presentation will describe the methodological details of REGARDS, progress on the specific aims of the current grant, and establish the context for the remaining presentations.

scholarly journals The Role of Stressful Childhood Experiences in Shaping Later-Life Memory Loss Among Black and White U.S. Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 296-296
Author(s):  
Caroline Hartnett
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Memory Loss ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Behavioral Risk ◽  
Black Adults ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
White Children ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Stressful Experiences ◽  
White Adults

Abstract Cognitive decline common in the U.S. and greatly impacts quality of life, both for those who experience it and for those who care for them. Black Americans experience higher burdens of cognitive decline but the mechanisms underlying this disparity have not been fully elucidated. Stress experienced in early life is a promising explanatory factor, since stress and cognition are linked, childhood stressors been shown to have a range of negative implications later in life, and Black children experience more childhood stressors than White children, on average. In this paper, we use data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to examine whether stressful experiences in childhood help explain Black-White disparities in memory loss. These data were available for 5 state-years between 2011 and 2017 (n=11,708). Preliminary results indicate that, while stressful childhood experiences are strongly associated with memory loss, stressful experiences do not mediate the association between race and memory loss. However, race does appear to moderate the association between stressful childhood experiences and memory loss. Specifically, stressful experiences are associated with a higher likelihood of memory loss for Black adults compared to White adults.In addition, there seem to be some noteworthy patterns across different types of experiences (i.e. parental drinking may predict later memory loss more strongly for Black adults than White adults, but parental hitting may predict memory loss more strongly for White adults than Black adults).

scholarly journals Association Between Sleep Duration and Diabetes in Black and White Adults

Diabetes Care ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 3557-3565 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Jackson ◽  
S. Redline ◽  
I. Kawachi ◽  
F. B. Hu
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Duration ◽  
Black And White ◽  
White Adults
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