Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA)

Principal Investigator

Professor Mary Haan
UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
550 16th St. 2nd floor
San Fransisco, CA 94518
415-514-8291
Email: Mary.Haan@ucsf.edu

Data Contact

Anne Lee
Email: Anne.Lee@ucsf.edu

Summary

Setting: Sacramento Valley, California, USA
Start Date: 1998-99
End Date: 2008
Participants: 1789 community-dwelling older Mexican Americans aged 60 to 101 years at baseline
Assessment Schedule: Every 12 to 15 months, for a maximum of 6 follow-ups
Measures: (1) Neuropsychological and cognitive tests; (2) Dementia diagnoses; (3) Broad range of sociodemographic, lifestyle and cardiac, physical and mental health factors

Further Information:

  • Haan et al. Prevalence of Dementia in Older Latinos: The Influence
    of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Stroke and Genetic Factors. J Am Geriatr Soc 51:169–177, 2003.