APS
2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024
Ethnic Differences in Blood Pressure Related Hippocampal Morphology
- Julia Birenbaum
University of California - Irvine (Department of Psychological Science) - Julian Koenig
University of Cologne - Peter Gianaros
University of Pittsburgh - DeWayne Williams
University of California, Irvine - Julian Thayer
University of California, Irvine
Abstract
Investigating ethnic differences in hippocampal morphology: Analyzing data from 119 participants, we found African Americans had higher TPR and DBP, smaller hippocampi, and different BP-hippocampus associations than European Americans. CO (only AAs) as well as TPR (only EAs) showed unique associations with right hippocampal volume differentially based on ethnicity.
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