In a separate sample of community-dwelling older adults with a large number of non-Hispanic Black (N = 1255) and non-Hispanic white (N = 1776) participants, individuals in the highest tertile of CRP (2.5–85.2 mg/L) had 1.41 greater odds of cognitive decline than participants in the lowest tertile (0.2–1.2 mg/L), although no interaction effect between racialized group and inflammation was observed100. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is Mental deterioration.