Risk Factors for Future Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease in Older
African Americans 
   Lead Investigator:    Neha Sinha
   Institution      :    Rutgers University
   E-Mail           :    nehasinha132@gmail.com
   Proposal ID      :    924



   Proposal Description:
   We are working to resubmit a R01 application to continue our current R56          funding for a longitudinal study of risk factor for Alzheimer???s disease (AD)    in low-income, low-education African Americans, ages 65 and older, who are        non-demented. Our aim is to identify biomarkers that predict future cognitive     decline and progression to aMCI and AD by testing all participants at baseline    and every two years thereafter.                                                   In order to do power analyses and project data and costs, we are seeking some     comparable data from other longitudinal studies from the ADRCs that would help    us estimate the likely percentage of our cohort who would be expected to          convert, each year to either MCI or AD based on clinical evaluation.