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Parental education and late-life dementia in the United States.
- Source :
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Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology [J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol] 2009 Mar; Vol. 22 (1), pp. 71-80. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Dec 10. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- We investigated the relation between parental education and dementia in the United States. Participants in the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study were included, with information regarding parental education obtained from the Health and Retirement Study. The odds of dementia in elderly Americans whose mothers had less then 8 years of schooling were twice (95% CI, 1.1-3.8) that of individuals with higher maternal education, when adjusted for paternal education. Of elderly Americans with less educated mothers, 45.4% (95% CI, 37.4-53.4%) were diagnosed with dementia or ;;cognitive impairment, no dementia'' compared to 31.2% (95% CI, 25.0-37.4%) of elderly Americans whose mothers had at least an 8th grade education. The population attributable risk of dementia due to low maternal education was 18.8% (95% CI, 9.4-28.2%). The education of girls in a population may be protective of dementia in the next generation.
- Subjects :
- Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Apolipoproteins E metabolism
Biomarkers metabolism
Cognition Disorders epidemiology
Fathers statistics & numerical data
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mothers statistics & numerical data
Odds Ratio
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Racial Groups psychology
Racial Groups statistics & numerical data
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
United States epidemiology
Dementia epidemiology
Educational Status
Parents
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0891-9887
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19073840
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0891988708328220