Parental Education and Late-life Dementia in the United States

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology - Tập 22 Số 1 - Trang 71-80 - 2009
Mary A.M. Rogers1, Brenda L. Plassman2, Mohammed U. Kabeto1, Gwenith G. Fisher3, John J. McArdle4, David J. Llewellyn5, Guy G. Potter2, Kenneth M. Langa1
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
3Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
4Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
54 Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

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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.

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Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Tập 22 Số 1

71-80

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