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Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2026
July 12-15, 2026 | London, United Kingdom, and Online
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Known And Unique Modifiable Risk Factors Of Brain Health And Dementia Biomarkers In An African Cohort
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Authors
Roslyn Valdespino, Gabrielle Hromas, Tiffany Kautz, Godrey Massette, Zahra Reynolds, Flavia Atwiine, Edna Tindimwebwa, Ashley LaRoche, Meredith Greene, Eliza Passell, Christine Ritchie, Susanne Hoeppner, Alexander Tsai, Janet Seeley, Amy Werry, Samson Okello, Suzanne Schindler, Sudha Seshadri, Elena Tsoy, Chen-Pin Wang, Jayandra Jung Himali, Debora Melo van Lent, Francis Bajunirwe, Sam Maling, Noeline Nakasujja, Deanna Saylor, Robert Paul, Stephen Asimwe, Mark Siedner, Jeremy Tanner
Affiliations
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, Mbarara University of Science & Technology, Mbarara, Uganda, Kabwohe Clinical Research Center, Kabwohe, Uganda, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases at The University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA, Makerere University, Kampala, Central, Uganda, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Known and Unique Modifiable Risk Factors of Brain Health and Dementia Biomarkers in an African Cohort
Purpose: Evaluate known and unique potentially modifiable risk factors in a population-representative cohort in sSA to inform local prevention efforts.
Hearing loss, heavy alcohol use, and low SES are associated with worse global cognition in a cohort of older adults in Uganda (mean age 60) living with well-treated HIV and without HIV.
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