Impact of Childhood Adversity on Late-Life Cognition in Older Puerto Rican Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study examined the association between childhood adversity and late-life cognitive outcomes among older Puerto Rican adults.

Methods

Data were from the Puerto Rican Elder: Health Conditions study, a population-based cohort of 3,713 older Puerto Rican adults (mean age 72.5 years; 60% female). Adverse childhood experiences were categorized into four factors: economic hardship, parental illiteracy, childhood illness, and neighborhood disadvantage. Cognition was assessed with the Mini-Mental Cabán (MMC). For our analyses, cognitive impairment was defined as scoring 1.5 standard deviations below the expected score, adjusted for age, sex, education, and reading ability. Ordinal logistic regression (baseline) and generalized linear mixed models (all 3 waves) analyze

SUBMITTER: Lian J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11949379 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature