Jane Maddock, Federico Gallo, Frank J Wolters, Jean Stafford, Anna Marseglia, Serhiy Dekhtyar, Marta Lenart-Bugla, Eline Verspoor, Marieke Perry, Suraj Samtani, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Rene Melis, Henry Brodaty, Mohammad Arfan Ikram, Anna-Karin Welmer, Daniel Davis, George B Ploubidis, Marcus Richards, Praveetha Patalay
INTRODUCTION: In this study we examine whether social health markers measured at baseline are associated with differences in cognitive capability and in the rate of cognitive decline over an 11-to-18-year period among older adults and compare results across studies. METHODS: We applied an integrated data analysis approach to 16,858 participants (mean age 65 years; 56% female) from the National Survey for Health and Development (NSHD), the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA), the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (SNAC-K), and the Rotterdam Study...
July 27, 2023: Gerontology