Same-Sex Couples and Cognitive Impairment: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We provide the first nationally representative population-based study of cognitive disparities among same-sex and different-sex couples in the United States.

Methods

We analyzed data from the Health and Retirement Study (2000-2016). The sample included 23,669 respondents (196 same-sex partners and 23,473 different-sex partners) aged 50 and older who contributed to 85,117 person-period records (496 from same-sex partners and 84,621 from different-sex partners). Cognitive impairment was assessed using the modified version of the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status. Mixed-effects discrete-time hazard regression models were estimated to predict the odds of cognitive impairment.

Results

The estimated odds of cognitive impairment were 78% (p < .01) higher fo

SUBMITTER: Liu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8499509 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature