Socioeconomic position in childhood and cognitive aging in Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to investigate whether socioeconomic position (SEP) in childhood has an effect on the level of cognitive performance and the rate of cognitive decline in older adults.

Methods

We performed a prospective cohort study of individuals enrolled in a multicenter population-based study, SHARE (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe). Interviews were conducted in 6 waves at approximately 2-year intervals and included examinations of cognitive performance (memory, verbal fluency, delayed recall) and measurements of childhood SEP (participants' household characteristics at the age of 10 years). We estimated the associations of SEP with the level of cognitive performance using linear regression and the relation to the rate of cognitive decline with mixed-

SUBMITTER: Cermakova P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6205684 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature