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ArticleInnovation in aging2023

Life Course Socioeconomic Position and Cognitive Aging Trajectories: A Cross-National Cohort Study in China and England.

Milagros Ruiz, Yaoyue Hu, Pekka Martikainen, Martin Bobak

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Article in Innovation in aging, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 authors.

Milagros RuizSchool of Health and Social Care, University of Essex, Colchester, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7492-9873
Yaoyue HuLab 1, School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6517-1503
Pekka MartikainenPopulation Research Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9374-1438
Martin BobakResearch Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2633-6851

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Cross-national research on cognitive aging inequality has largely concentrated on Western countries. It is unclear whether socioeconomic position (SEP) has similar effects on cognitive decline in emerging economies. We compared the association between life course SEP and cognitive function trajectories between China and England, the largest nation under state socialism and one of the oldest capitalist countries. Research Design and Methods: This cross-cohort study examined participants aged 50 years and older from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study ( Results: After multivariable adjustment, education was positively associated with the greatest differences in baseline cognition across country and gender. Education was further linked to a slower rate of cognitive decline ( Discussion and Implications: Despite substantial between-cohort differences in downstream and upstream determinants of dementia, education provided the greatest benefits to cognitive aging in England but particularly in China.

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Cognitive agingCognitive declineCross-cohort studySocioeconomic positionSocioeconomic status

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PMID37746633
PMCPMC10516463

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