2024
Early-Life Circumstances and Racial Disparities in Cognition Among Older Adults in the US
Lin Z, Ye J, Allore H, Gill T, Chen X. Early-Life Circumstances and Racial Disparities in Cognition Among Older Adults in the US. JAMA Internal Medicine 2024, 184: 904-914. PMID: 38805197, PMCID: PMC11134283, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.1132.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly-life circumstancesLate-life cognitionRacial disparitiesCross-sectional studyBlack participantsWhite participantsCognitive scoresCognitive impairmentRacial differencesTelephone Interview for Cognitive StatusHealth and Retirement StudyAssociated with racial disparitiesPromote health equityPrevalence of cognitive impairmentIntervention of cognitive impairmentNon-Hispanic blacksSurvey of US adultsNon-Hispanic whitesReduce racial disparitiesPrimary explanatory variableSubstantial racial differencesHealth equityRetirement StudyOlder AdultsUS adults
2022
The Contribution of Chronic Conditions to Hospitalization, Skilled Nursing Facility Admission, and Death: Variation by Race
Quiñones AR, McAvay GJ, Peak KD, Vander Wyk B, Allore HG. The Contribution of Chronic Conditions to Hospitalization, Skilled Nursing Facility Admission, and Death: Variation by Race. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2022, 191: 2014-2025. PMID: 35932162, PMCID: PMC10144669, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwac143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkilled nursing facility admissionsNursing facility admissionsChronic conditionsFacility admissionMedicare beneficiariesCostly health care utilizationHealth care utilizationRacial differencesNon-Hispanic blacksWhite Medicare beneficiariesAverage attributable fractionHealth-related outcomesImportant health-related outcomesNon-Hispanic White older adultsWhite older adultsAging Trends StudyMultimorbidity burdenRenal morbidityOngoing careAttributable fractionNational HealthCardiovascular conditionsOlder adultsImportant markerHospitalization