Parental Education and Late-life Dementia in the United States
Parental Education and Late-life Dementia in the United States
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DOI：
10.1177/0891988708328220
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发表时间：
2009-03-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Langa, Kenneth M.
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作者：
Rogers, Mary A. M.;Plassman, Brenda L.;Langa, Kenneth M.
我们在美国调查了父母教育与痴呆症的关系。年龄、人口统计学和记忆力研究的参与者，以及从健康和退休研究中获得的关于父母教育的信息被包括在内。在对母亲受教育程度进行调整后，母亲受教育程度低于8年的美国老年人患痴呆症的几率是母亲受教育程度较高的人的两倍(95%可信区间，1.1-3.8)。在母亲受教育程度较低的老年美国人中，45.4%(95%CI，37.4-53.4%)被诊断为痴呆症或“认知障碍，无痴呆”，而母亲至少受过8年级教育的老年美国人中，这一比例为31.2%(95%CI，25.0-37.4%)。母亲文化程度低导致痴呆的人群归因危险度为18.8%(95%CI，9.4~28.2%)。人口中女孩的教育可能是对下一代痴呆症的保护。
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.