NYC study tests emotional toll of Alzheimer's risk news on latino community
NCT ID NCT04471779
Summary
This study aimed to understand how Latino adults in New York City react to learning their personal genetic risk for developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers compared two groups: one that learned their risk based on family history and ethnicity, and another that also learned their specific genetic (APOE) results. They measured participants' emotional well-being, memory performance, and health behaviors over 15 months to see how this information affected them.
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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