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Rachel A. Whitmer

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Review Aug 2026

Hypertension and 10-Year Dementia Risk Among Older Asian American and Non-Latino White Adults in Northern California.

INTRODUCTION Hypertension is a modifiable risk factor for dementia, but its contribution among Asian American ethnic groups remains understudied despite heterogeneity in cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS Participants were Kaiser Permanente Northern California members aged 60 to 90 years without prevalent dementia...

L. P. Rojas-Saunero, Natalie M Gradwohl, J. Fong et al. · 0 citations
Sep 2026

Gait Speed and Survival in Those With Exceptional Longevity: The LifeAfter90 Study.

BACKGROUND Although gait speed is a well-established predictor of mortality, it is understudied among ethnoracially diverse oldest-old cohorts. We examined the association between gait speed and all-cause mortality in an ethnoracially diverse 90+ population. METHODS We examined the association between gait speed and...

Rifat B. Alam, Hilary L. Colbeth, A. Posis et al. · 0 citations
Open access Aug 2026

Characterization of cognitive health among a community-based Vietnamese older adult cohort: Associations with demographic and social determinants and medical comorbidities.

Cognitive outcomes in Vietnamese American older adults largely align with those from other diverse older adult populations and emphasize the complex relationships between cognitive performance, demographic factors, medical comorbidities, and social determinants of health, including those specific to immigration history...

Sarah Tomaszewski Farias, Brandon E. Gavett, Danielle J. Harvey et al. · 0 citations
Open access Aug 2026

Beyond amyloid: Contributions of neuroinflammation, cerebrovascular disease, and neurodegeneration to memory impairment in the oldest‐old, the LifeAfter90 Study

It is hypothesized that elevated neuroinflammation, indicated by reactive astrocytosis, acts on cerebrovascular disease and separately, on amyloid beta (Aβ) pathology, to promote downstream medial temporal lobe atrophy and memory impairment.

Batool M. Rizvi, P. Maillard, A. Posis et al. · 0 citations

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