Investigating the role of chronic stress and perceived discrimination in racial disparities in incident dementia among U.S. older adults

Mina Habib, Nicola Churchill and Roch A. Nianogo

Social Science & Medicine, 2025, vol. 380, issue C

Abstract: Given notable disparities between White and Black Americans, identifying factors contributing to racial differences in dementia incidence is essential. This study i) investigates the extent to which adulthood chronic stress or perceived discrimination could explain these disparities and ii) estimates the potential reduction in Black-White disparity in dementia risk if racial differences in these factors were eliminated.

Keywords: Causal mediation analysis; Interaction; Proportion eliminated; Dementia; Stress; Discrimination; Disparities; United States; Health and retirement study (HRS) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118192

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