INTRODUCTION: Type-2 diabetes (T METHODS: The study included a subset of 1,927 participants from the Health and Aging Brain Study: Healthy Disparities (HABS-HD) cohort with complete data. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses were performed. Associations were studied using multivariable linear, logistic, and mediation analysis with non-parametric bootstrapping. RESULTS: T CONCLUSIONS: The study captured a pre-clinical stage of the T