LACK OF RELATION BETWEEN RACE AND COGNITIVE TEST-PERFORMANCE IN ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE

This study evaluated cognitive test performance in African-American an d European-American Alzheimer's disease patients with equivalent years of education. Group differences were negligible on a variety of memor y, language, and attentional measures, including several widely used n europsychological tests. Differences between racial groups observed in earlier studies may have stemmed, in part, from differences in educat ion, which may itself serve as a proxy for other potentially important sociologic and health variables.