Factors Associated with Cognitive Resilience in Persons Aged 80 and Older

African Americans (AA) have increased Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk. Despite a high prevalence of risk factors for cognitive decline like vascular disease, data indicates that AA have a high degree of cognitive resilience, the ability to maintain normal cognitive functioning with aging. Most knowledge about cognitive resilience and SuperAgers (SA) is based on results from predominantly white samples. In a biracial sample, we investigated factors related to cognitive resilience in persons aged 80 and older.