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O5‐09‐05: RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN DEMENTIA DIAGNOSIS FOLLOWING COGNITIVE DECLINE: INSIGHTS FROM LINKED SURVEY AND HEALTH CARE CLAIMS DATA
Author(s) -
Chen Yi,
Tysinger Bryan,
Crimmins Eileen M.,
Zissimopoulos Julie M.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.4886
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , cognitive decline , odds , cognition , demography , gerontology , logistic regression , population , ethnic group , health and retirement study , multinomial logistic regression , cognitive test , disease , psychiatry , environmental health , pathology , machine learning , sociology , anthropology , computer science
and 0.29more standardized units between ages 65-75 years, respectively. Rate of memory decline was slightly faster in working single mothers than working married mothers at ages 50-65 years, but not at older ages (Figure). Conclusions: Women who worked, including mothers and non-mothers, experienced the best rates of late-life memory decline, suggesting work may play a stronger role in late-life memory decline than family structure; however, unmeasured confounding cannot be ruled out. If causal, the current findings suggest that policies that help women with children to stay in the workforce could be an effective population-level strategy to prevent memory decline in women.