Impact of educational attainment on time to cognitive decline among marginalized older adults: Cohort study of 20,311 adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effect of years of education on the maintenance of healthy cognitive functioning may differ by race and ethnicity given historical and ongoing inequities in educational quality.

Methods

We examined 20,311 Black, Latinx, and White adults aged 51-100 from the Health and Retirement Study (2008-2016). Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status-27 data was used to measure cognitive functioning. Generalized additive mixed models were stratified by race and ethnicity and educational attainment (≥12 vs. <12 years). Selected social determinants of health, all-cause mortality, time-varying health and healthcare utilization characteristics, and study wave were included as covariates.

Results

On average, Black and Latinx adults scored lower at baseline compared to Wh

SUBMITTER: Jester DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10523883 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature