Mini-mental state examination trajectories after age 50 by religious affiliation and practice in Ireland.

ABSTRACT: Religious attendance is sometimes associated with better health outcomes, although the link between religion and cognitive ageing is inconclusive. We aimed to assess differences in cognitive performance trajectories by religious affiliation and religious attendance. We further sought to test possible mechanisms for an association.Data from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), a nationally representative study of the over 50 s population in Ireland, was used. We identified latent class trajectories of Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) performance over five waves using Latent Growth Class Analysis (LGCA) on data from 7325 individuals. Multinomial logistic regression was used to estimate the likelihood of membership to each trajectory class by religious affiliation or non-affili

SUBMITTER: Orr J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8563900 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature