title: Black and white differences in cognitive function test scores: what explains the difference?
abstract: Several studies have reported that older black and Latino adults have lower cognitive function test scores than older white adults, but few have comprehensively examined reasons for score differences. This study evaluates whether differences in health and socioeconomic indicators, including literacy level, can explain differences in cognitive function test scores between older black and white adults.
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatrics, University of California at San Francisco, 94121, USA. kala@itsa.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Kala M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Eleanor M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Simonsick
authors.forename: Ronica
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rooks
authors.forename: Anne B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: Sandra K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: Kristine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yaffe
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013714:Tennessee; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data