Subgroups in Late Adulthood Are Associated With Cognition and Wellbeing Later in Life.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: In this study, we aim to discover whether there are valid subgroups in aging that are defined by modifiable factors and are determinant of clinically relevant outcomes regarding healthy aging. Method: Data from interviews were collected in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam at two measurement occasions with a 3-year interval. Input for the analyses were seven well-known vulnerability and protective factors of healthy aging. By means of community detection, we tested whether we could distinguish subgroups in a sample of 1478 participants (T1-sample, aged 61-101 years). We tested both the external validity (T1) and predictive validity (T2) for wellbeing and subjective cognitive decline. Moreover, replicability and long-term stability were determined in 1186 part

SUBMITTER: Radhoe TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8671814 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature