Midlife memory and dementia risk in Kenyan adults
Measurement and Analysis of Aging, Cognition and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD) Risk Factors at Midlife in the Kenya Life Panel Survey (KLPS)
This work looks at midlife thinking and memory and how childhood health and life experiences might affect future dementia risk for Kenyan adults.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of California Berkeley NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Berkeley, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11322043 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you take part, you would join a group of Kenyans who have been followed since childhood and complete a midlife interview with thinking and memory tests and health questions. The team will link your new midlife information to records from childhood and young adulthood, including past cognitive tests, schooling, and health history. Data collection will be done in person by field interviewers as part of the Kenya Life Panel Survey (KLPS) Round 5 Aging Module. The goal is to find which life-course factors relate to higher or lower risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias later on.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are Kenyan adults who were part of the KLPS cohort and are now about 35–43 years old.
Not a fit: People who were not in the original KLPS cohort or who are outside the target age range are unlikely to participate or gain direct benefit from this specific study.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could reveal life stages and modifiable factors to target for preventing dementia in Kenya and similar settings.
How similar studies have performed: Long-term life-course studies in high-income countries have linked midlife factors to later dementia, but comparable research is rare in sub-Saharan Africa, so this approach is relatively novel there.
Where this research is happening
Berkeley, United States
- University of California Berkeley — Berkeley, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Miguel, Edward Andrew — University of California Berkeley
- Study coordinator: Miguel, Edward Andrew
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.