Earlier onset of Alzheimer disease symptoms in latino individuals compared with anglo individuals.

Background: Latino individuals are the largest minority group and the fastest growing population group in the United States, yet there are few studies comparing the clinical features of Alzheimer disease (AD) in this population with those found in Anglo (white non-Latino) patients.

Objective: To compare the age at AD symptom onset in Latino and Anglo individuals.

Design: Cross-sectional assessment using standardized methods to collect and compare age at AD symptom onset, demographic variables, and medical variables.