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SUBMITTER: Zhao X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC12922326 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

BMC public health 20260128 1
BACKGROUND: Cognitive decline and depressive symptoms often co-occur in older adults, but research on the trajectories of these two conditions and their interrelationships remains limited. METHODS: Using data from 2,823 adults aged ≥ 60 years in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS, 2011–2018), we identified depressive-symptom and cognitive-function trajectories using group-based trajectory modeling (GBTM) and then used a group-based dual-trajectory modeling (GBDTM) to quan ...[more]