Exposures and conditions prior to age 16 are associated with dementia status among adults in the United States Health and Retirement Study
Cockell, S.; Wang, H.; Benke, K.; Ware, E.; Bakulski, K. M.
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BackgroundDementia susceptibility likely begins years before symptoms. Early life has not been comprehensively tested for dementia associations. MethodIn the US Health and Retirement Study (normal baseline cognition; n=16,509; 2008-2018 waves), 31 exposures before age 16 were retrospectively assessed with ten-year incident cognitive status (dementia, impaired, normal). Using parallel logistic models, each exposure was tested with incident cognition, adjusting for sex, baseline age, follow-up, race/ethnicity, personal/parental education. Result14.5% had incident impairment and 5.3% had dementia. Depression was associated with 1.71 (95%CI:1.28,2.26) times higher odds of incident impairment, relative to normal cognition. Headaches/migraines were associated with 1.63 (95%CI:1.18,2.22) times higher odds of incident impairment. Learning problems were associated with 1.75 (95%CI:1.05,2.79) times higher odds of incident impairment. Childhood self-rated health of fair (1.86, 95%CI:1.27,2.64) and poor (3.39, 95%CI:1.91,5.82) were associated with higher incident dementia odds, relative to excellent. ConclusionEarly life factors may be important for impairment or dementia, extending the relevant risk window.
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