Cognition and Cognitive Changes in a Low-Income Sub-Saharan African Aging Population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cognition and its age-related changes remain vastly understudied in low-income countries (LICs), despite evidence suggesting that cognitive decline among aging low-income populations is a rapidly increasing disease burden often occurring at younger ages as compared to high-income countries (HICs).

Objective

We examine patterns of cognition among men and women, 45 + years old, living in rural Malawi. We analyze how key socioeconomic characteristics predict levels of cognition and its changes as individuals get older.

Methods

Utilizing the Mature Adults Cohort of the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH-MAC) collected during 2012-2017, we estimate standard regression models to analyze predictors of the age- and sex-specific levels and longi

SUBMITTER: Kohler IV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10588811 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature