Life expectancy with and without cognitive impairment in seven Latin American and Caribbean countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rising prevalence of cognitive impairment is an increasing challenge with the ageing of our populations but little is known about the burden in low- and middle- income Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC) that are aging more rapidly than their developed counterparts. We examined life expectancies with cognitive impairment (CILE) and free of cognitive impairment (CIFLE) in seven developing LAC countries.

Methods

Data from The Survey on Health, Well-being and Ageing in LAC (N = 10,597) was utilised and cognitive status was assessed by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The Sullivan Method was applied to estimate CILE and CIFLE. Logistic regression was used to determine the effect of age, gender and education on cognitive outcome. Meta-regression m

SUBMITTER: Ashby-Mitchell K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4370415 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature