Cerebral ventricles are smaller in Hispanic than non-Hispanic patients with Alzheimer's disease.
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.
Department of Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged