Association of Timing of School Desegregation in the United States With Late-Life Cognition in the Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans (STAR) Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Prior research suggests schooling differences for Black individuals in the US are associated with worse cognitive aging. It is unknown whether age when experiencing school desegregation is associated with differences in late-life cognition in this population.

Objective

To examine patterns of association between age of school desegregation in grades 1 to 12 and late-life cognition.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study analyzed baseline data from the Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans (STAR) cohort collected from 2018 through 2019 in Northern California, primarily in the cities of Richmond and Oakland. Participants were 699 self-identified Black individuals aged 50 years or older who were community-dwelling, long-term members of Kaiser

SUBMITTER: Peterson RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8529411 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature