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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychology. 2020 Apr 13;34(5):493–510. doi: 10.1037/neu0000628

Table 1.

Sample characterization and linguistic functioning in studies of MCI in Latinx individuals

Cohort Study Sample description Nativity; Number of years in US Country of education Language use Literacy Acculturation
1Florida ADRC Duara et al., 2019 Hispanic (in discussion: primarily from countries such as Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela) NR NR Tested in English or Spanish (72% in Spanish) NR NR
Florida ADRC, Miami Beach Rosselli et al., 2019 Immigrants to US from Latin-American countries All immigrants; Reported mean age of immigratio n, number of years in US NR Measured bilingualism with self-report questionnaire; Tested in preferred language (62% in Spanish) NR NR
FRONTIER Johnson et al., 2013 Hispanic1 NR NR NR NR NR
Johnson et al., 2014 Mexican American NR NR NR NR NR
FRONTIER, HABLE, TARCC Johnson et al., 2015 Mexican American NR NR NR AMNART/WAT NR
FRONTIER, TARCC O’Bryant, Johnson, Reisch, et al., 2013 Mexican American NR NR NR NR NR
FRONTIER, TARCC O’Bryant, Johnson, Balldin, et al., 2013 Mexican American NR NR 39% tested in Spanish NR NR
HABLE Johnson et al., 2016 Mexican American NR NR NR NR NR
Johnson et al., 2017 Mexican American NR NR Tested in English or Spanish; proportion NR NR NR
Johnson, Large, Izurieta Munoz, Hall, & O’Bryant, 2019 Mexican American NR NR Tested in English or Spanish; proportion NR NR NR
Szerlip et al., 2015 Mexican American NR NR Tested in English or Spanish; proportion NR NR NR
NACC (cclendon, Hernandez, Smyth, & Lerner, 2009 Hispanic NR NR NR NR NR
Milani, Marsiske, Cottler, Chen, & Striley, 2018 Hispanic NR NR NR NR NR
Pandya, Lacritz, Deschner, Woon, & Weiner, 2017 Hispanic NR NR NR NR NR
NYU ADC Guerrero-Berroa et al., 2014 Countries of origin specified (US/Latin America) Reported number US-born; number of years in US NR NR All Spanish primary language; all tested in Spanish NR NR
Predictors 3 Stem, Gu, Cosentino, Azar, & Lawless, 2017 Hispanic2 NR NR NA (methods paper) NR NR
SPS3 Dhamoon et al., 2015 Hispanic (note: participants from Spain were classified as nonHispanic white) NR NR NR NR NR
Jacova et al., 2015 Hispanics living in US were a subset of Hispanic sample. Countries of origin NR NR NR Selected only monolingual (>90% Spanish) and bilingual (>50% Spanish) speakers; All tested in Spanish NR NR
Pearce et al., 2014 Hispanics living in US were a subset of Hispanic sample NR NR Reported proportion that spoke English and Spanish NR NR
SPRINT Williamson et al., 2019 Hispanic NR NR Reported tests available in Spanish NR NR
TARCC O’Bryant, Johnson, Edwards, Soares, & Devous, 2013 Mexican American NR NR NR NR NR
Royall & Palmer, 2013 Mexican American NR NR Reported tests available in Spanish, proportion tested in Spanish NR NR NR
Royall & Palmer, 2014 Hispanic1 NR NR NR NR NR
Royall & Palmer, 2016 Mexican American NR NR Reported tests available in Spanish, proportion tested in Spanish NR NR NR
Royall & Palmer, 2017 Mexican American NR NR NR NR NR
(Salazar, Velez, & Royall, 2014) Mexican American NR NR 55% tested in Spanish AMNART NR
Salazar, Dwivedi, & Royall, 2016 99% Mexican American NR NR English or Spanish speaking; language of testing NR AMNART NR
UC Davis ADC DeCarli et al., 2008 Hispanic NR NR Reported proportion fluent in English (36%); number tested in Spanish (64%) AMNART (subset) NR
Early et al., 2013 Hispanic (primarily Mexican descent) NR NR Reported proportion tested in Spanish (54%) AMNART (subset) NR
Farias, Mungas, & Jagust, 2005 Hispanic NR NR Reported proportion tested in Spanish (46%) NR NR
Farias, Mungas, Reed, Harvey, & Decarli, 2009 Hispanic NR NR NR AMNART NR
Hinton et al., 2010 Hispanic NR NR NR NR NR
Miller et al., 2015 Region of ancestry reported (i.e., primarily North, Central, or South American ancestry; most commonly Mexico) NR NR 19% were monolingual Spanish speakers; proportion tested in Spanish NR NR NR
WHICAP Blum et al., 2012 Hispanic2 NR NR NR NR NR
Devanand et al., 2010 Caribbean Hispanic NR NR Reported number that completed smell test in Spanish (n = 373 of 1092 participants) NR NR
Gu et al., 2015 Hispanic2 NR NR Tested in English or Spanish; proportion not reported NR NR
Luchsinger et al., 2007 Caribbean Hispanic NR NR NR NR NR
Manly et al., 2005 Caribbean Hispanic, from several countries of origin NR NR 28.7% of sample was Hispanic; 25% of full sample was Spanishspeaking; 93% of Hispanic sample tested in Spanish NR NR
Manly et al., 2008 Caribbean Hispanic, from several countries of origin NR NR 92% tested in Spanish NR NR
Manly et al., 2011 Caribbean Hispanic NR NR Tested in English or Spanish; proportion not reported NR NR
Rizvi et al., 2018 Hispanic2 NR NR English or Spanish speaking; language of testing NR NR NR
Scarmeas et al., 2009 Hispanic2 NR NR NR NR NR
Zahodne et al., 2013 Hispanic2 NR NR Sample was 36% Hispanic; 33% of sample tested in Spanish WRAT-3/WAT NR
Women's Health Initiative-Memory Study Goveas et al., 2016 Hispanic NR NR NR NR NR

Note: ADC = Alzheimer’s Disease Center. ADRC = Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. AMNART = American National Adult Reading Test. FRONTIER = Facing Rural Obstacles to Healthcare Now Through Intervention, Education & Research. HABLE =Health & Aging Brain among Latino Elders. NA = not applicable. NACC = National Alzheimer’s Disease Coordinating Center. NR = Not reported. NYU ADC = New York University Alzheimer’s Disease Center. SPS3 = The Secondary Prevention of Small Subcortical Strokes study. TARCC = Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium. UC = University of California. WAT = Word Accentuation Test. WHICAP = Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project (WHICAP). WRAT = Wide Range Achievement Test.

1

Cited previous paper describing cohort as Mexican American.

2

Cited previous paper describing cohort as Caribbean Hispanic.