Age of Migration and Cognitive Function Among Older Latinos in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Age of migration has been shown to have a robust association with Latino immigrant health outcomes; however, the relationship between timing of migration and cognition is less understood.

Objective

To examine associations between race/ethnicity, nativity, age of migration, and cognitive aging among US-born (USB) non-Latino Whites (NLW) and USB and foreign-born Latinos 50 years and older.

Methods

We used longitudinal biennial data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS; 2006-2014) to fit generalized linear and linear latent growth curve models for: 1) global cognition (Modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status; TICS-M); 2) memory and attention subdomains of TICS-M; and 3) cognitive dysfunction. We also tested for sex modifications.

Results

SUBMITTER: Garcia MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8061235 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature