TABLE 2.
Dementia prevalence by number of APOE ε4 alleles and race/ethnicity
| Number of APOE alleles | Dementia prevalence n/N (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caribbean Hispanicsa |
Hispanic Americansb |
Blacks/African Americansb |
Non-Hispanic White Americansb |
|
| 0 | 372/4651 (8.0) | 44/445 (8.9) | 73/605 (11.7) | 123/4525 (2.6) |
| 1 | 171/1192 (14.3) | N/Ac | 45/280 (14.6) | 65/1447 (4.1) |
| 2 | 21/104 (20.2) | N/Ac | 4/32 (10.8) | 8/98 (9.4) |
| 1 or 2 | 192/1296 (14.8) | 19/131 (16.1) | 49/312 (14.2) | 73/1545 (4.4) |
a
Dementia prevalence and number of observations with dementia in each cell for Caribbean Hispanics subsamples are unweighted.
b
Number of observations with dementia is in each cell for US subsamples are unweighted. Dementia prevalence for US subsamples are weighted using person-level analyticweights available in the Health and Retirement Study.
c
Numbers censored due to small cell size.
Abbreviation: APOE, apolipoprotein E.