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**OBJECTIVES:** In an older, British, African‐Caribbean population with high prevalence rates of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, we ascertained clinical vascular disease (stroke or ischemic heart disease) and vascula; risk (including hypertension, diabetes, and lipid profile) and investigated their associations with cognitive impairment. **DESIGN:** Cross‐sectional community‐based study. SETTING: The sample was drawn from registration lists for seven primary care services in south London, United Kingdom. **PARTICIPANTS:** 278 individuals, age 55 to 75, who were born in a Caribbean nation. **MEASUREMENTS:** Participants were interviewed and examined for cardiovascular risk factors, including a blood test for lipid profile and fibrinogen. A battery of 11 psychometric tests was administered blind to medical status. Cognitive impairment was defined on the basis of a composite measure derived from individual test scores. **RESULTS:** Seventy‐nine (28%) subjects were classified as having relative cognitive impairment and were compared with the remainder of the sample. Marked differences were seen between low and normal/high educational levels in the strength of associations between m

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Author

Robert Stewart; Marcus Richards; Carol Brayute; Anthony Mann

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; The American Geriatrics Society; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0002-8614)

Published

2001

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)