Brain and cognitive correlates of social status across race/ethnicity and sex/gender.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Subjective social status (SSS) in the United States relates to cognition. Few studies assess SSS in one's community, examine brain correlates, or consider associations across the intersection of sex/gender and race/ethnicity.

Methods

A total of 867 participants from the Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project completed MacArthur Scales of SSS for the United States and the community. Cognitive reserve was residual variance in episodic memory after accounting for gray matter and white matter hyperintensity (WMH) volumes. Linear regressions assessed relationships between SSS, brain health, and cognitive reserve. Interactions examined moderation by group.

Results

There were no relationships in the full sample. The relationship between higher SSS-comm

SUBMITTER: Scambray KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12710440 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature