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Trajectory of Cognitive Decline Across Different Racial/Ethnic Groups: The Role of Edentulism.
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- Edentulism and risk of all-cause dementia and Alzheimer's disease: A competing risk analysis by cognitive status.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026Article
- Oral health conditions and domain-specific cognitive decline in older adults: evidence from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging 2005-2024.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026Article
- Beyond Somatic Multimorbidity: Longitudinal Effects of Edentulism and Mental Health on Cognition in Older Adults.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2025Article
- Edentulism, social mobility, and cognitive aging: a life course perspective.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Accelerated biological aging mediates the association between periodontal disease and cognitive function in older adults.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
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Abstract
This study examines whether age-related cognitive decline varies by race/ethnicity and how edentulism moderates these effects. Data from the Health and Retirement Study (2006-2020), including 23,669 respondents aged 51 and above across 189,352 person-wave observations were analyzed. Of all respondents, 13.4% were edentulous at baseline, with 65.4% identified as non-Hispanic White, 20.5% non-Hispanic Black, and 14.18% Hispanic. Results from linear mixed-effect models indicated that compared to non-Hispanic Whites, Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black participants exhibited lower baseline cognition scores but slower cognitive decline with age. For edentulous Hispanic participants, this slower rate of decline was attenuated by 0.03 units per year (95% CI: -0.06, -0.01,
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