Role of sex in the association between childhood socioeconomic position and cognitive ageing in later life.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to explore sex differences in the association of childhood socioeconomic position (SEP) with the level of cognitive performance and the rate of cognitive decline. We studied 84,059 individuals (55% women; mean age 64 years) from the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. Sex differences in the association of childhood SEP (household characteristics at age 10) with the level of cognitive performance (verbal fluency, immediate recall, delayed recall) were analysed using multilevel linear regression. Structural equation modelling tested education, depressive symptoms and physical state as mediators. The relationship between childhood socioeconomic advantage and disadvantage and the rate of cognitive decline was assessed using linear mixed-effects models. Higher childhood

SUBMITTER: Wolfova K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7907064 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature