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<B>Alzheimer's Disease: How Education Influences the Risk of Diagnosis in an Aging
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   Lead Investigator:    Asabe Garba
   Institution      :    Saint Louis University
   E-Mail           :    asabe.garba@slu.edu
   Proposal ID      :    1012
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   Proposal Description:
   <textarea name="description" rows="12" cols="85" wrap="virtual" readonly>1. Determine how the prominent risk factors associated with Alzheimer's disease (age, family history/genetics, education, heart health, sex, Down Syndrome, and past head trauma) interact and influence each other.  Outcome Impact: Knowing how these risk factors influence each other will help when trying to determine treatments or other health methods to use to maintain the severity of Alzheimer's symptoms                                               1. Determine how risk factors impact the onset of Alzheimer's disease symptoms in African Americans  Outcome Impact: Knowing how these risk factors impact Alzheimer's onset in African Americans will provide further information for understanding the mechanism of this disease in minority populations.                                 2. a) Test association between risk factors severity and symptom onset  b) Understand the mechanism of risk factors in African Americans </textarea>