Racial Differences in the Association of Education With Physical and Cognitive Function in Older Blacks and Whites
Author(s) -
Lisa L. Barnes,
Robert S. Wilson,
Liesi E. Hebert,
Paul A. Scherr,
D. A. Evans,
Carlos F. Mendes de Leon
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbr016
Subject(s) - association (psychology) , disadvantage , cognition , gerontology , psychology , racial differences , demography , medicine , ethnic group , sociology , political science , psychiatry , anthropology , law , psychotherapist
Few studies have explicitly tested whether the health disadvantage among older blacks is consistent across the entire range of education. We examined racial differences in the cross-sectional association of education with physical and cognitive function performance in older adults.
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