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 adultsApplying Machine Learning Approach to Explore Childhood Circumstances and Self-Rated Health in Old Age — China and the US, 2020–2021
Huo S, Feng D, Gill T, Chen X. Applying Machine Learning Approach to Explore Childhood Circumstances and Self-Rated Health in Old Age — China and the US, 2020–2021. China CDC Weekly 2024, 6: 213-218. PMID: 38532746, PMCID: PMC10961215, DOI: 10.46234/ccdcw2024.043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSelf-rated healthSenior healthChildhood circumstancesPromote health equityEarly-life interventionsHealth equityChina HealthChildhood healthRetirement StudyHealthSelf-ratingsAging populationFinancial statusChinese participantsAge ChinaConditional inference treesChildhoodOut-of-sample mean squared errorsInterventionParticipantsRegional differencesUSStatusInference treesRetirement
2021
Caregiving Patterns and Their Association with Caregiving Burden and Gains
Ali T, McAvay G, Monin J, Gill T. Caregiving Patterns and Their Association with Caregiving Burden and Gains. Innovation In Aging 2021, 5: 1004-1004. PMCID: PMC8969481, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igab046.3567.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDementia careHealth equityAfrican AmericansCosts associated with dementiaAssociated with caregiver burdenImpact of dementiaPrevalence of dementiaHealth services researchNon-Hispanic whitesLong-term careCommunity-based organizationsEthnically diverse communitiesCaregiver burdenDementia preventionReduce disparitiesHealth systemServices researchAbstract DementiaCaregiving patternsDementiaHealth-careLong-standing inequitiesCareInequitable impactsHealth