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Parental education and late-life dementia in the United States.

Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology ·Vol. 22 ·No. 1 ·2009-03-00 ·Pages 71-80

Rogers MA, Plassman BL, Kabeto M, Fisher GG, McArdle JJ, Llewellyn DJ, Potter GG, Langa KM

Abstract

We investigated the relation between parental education and dementia in the United States. Participants in the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study were included, with information regarding parental education obtained from the Health and Retirement Study. The odds of dementia in elderly Americans whose mothers had less then 8 years of schooling were twice (95% CI, 1.1-3.8) that of individuals with higher maternal education, when adjusted for paternal education. Of elderly Americans with less educated mothers, 45.4% (95% CI, 37.4-53.4%) were diagnosed with dementia or ;;cognitive impairment, no dementia'' compared to 31.2% (95% CI, 25.0-37.4%) of elderly Americans whose mothers had at least an 8th grade education. The population attributable risk of dementia due to low maternal education was 18.8% (95% CI, 9.4-28.2%). The education of girls in a population may be protective of dementia in the next generation.

MeSH Terms
Age Distribution Aged Aged, 80 and over Apolipoproteins E/metabolism Biomarkers/metabolism Cognition Disorders/epidemiology Dementia/epidemiology Educational Status Fathers/statistics & numerical data Female Genetic Predisposition to Disease Humans Longitudinal Studies Male Mothers/statistics & numerical data Odds Ratio Parents Prevalence Prospective Studies Racial Groups/psychology,statistics & numerical data Risk Factors Sex Distribution United States/epidemiology
Chemicals
Apolipoproteins E Biomarkers
Authors & Affiliations
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Rogers Mary A M
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. [email protected]
Plassman Brenda L
Kabeto Mohammed
Fisher Gwenith G
McArdle John J
Llewellyn David J
Potter Guy G
Langa Kenneth M
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology
Abbr.
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol
ISSN
0891-9887
DOI
10.1177/0891988708328220
Email
[email protected]
Published
2009-03-00
Epub
2008-00-10
Pages
71-80
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
8805645
PMCID
PMC2670459
Subset
IM
Grants
NIA NIH HHS · R01 AG027010-01 · United States
NIA NIH HHS · K08 AG019180 · United States
NIA NIH HHS · U01 AG09740 · United States
NIA NIH HHS · R01 AG027010 · United States
NIA NIH HHS · U01 AG009740 · United States
NIA NIH HHS · K08 AG019180-05 · United States
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