Cognition level and change in cognition during adolescence are associated with cognition in midlife.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Cognitive development during adolescence affects health long term. We investigated whether level of and change in language-based cognition during adolescence are associated with cognitive performance in midlife.

Methods

Participants were enrolled in the Child Health and Development Study and followed during midlife (47-52 years). Adolescent cognition was measured with the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test at ages 9-11 years (PPVT-9) and 15-17 years (PPVT-15). We examined PPVT-9, as well as a PPVT change score (derived using the standardized regression-based method) in relation to midlife cognition measures of Wechsler Test of Adult Reading, Verbal Fluency, and Digit Symbol tests. Linear regression models were adjusted for childhood socioeconomic status, age, sex, race,

SUBMITTER: Agha G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6812681 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature