NIH R01 · 2024
Family of Origin Bilingualism and ADRD: An Epidemiologic Study of 377,000 Older Adults in the US
Project Summary/Abstract: Evidence for links between bilingualism and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (ADRD) is mixed and arises from a range of study designs. Few prospective cohort studies exist in the US, where associations between bilingualism and ADRD may be confounded by socioeconomic status (SES) and immigration status. We propose to fill this gap by examining the association between bilingual family of origin and ADRD over 50 years later in Project Talent, a sample of 377,000 individuals representative of the current cohort of older Americans. Project Talent participants completed a comprehensive battery of measures in 1960 when they were in high school (age 13-17),…
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