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
2023
CONTRIBUTION OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS TO MORTALITY: DIFFERENCES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY
Quiñones A, Elman M, McAvay G, Vander Wyk B, Nagel C, Allore H. CONTRIBUTION OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS TO MORTALITY: DIFFERENCES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY. Innovation In Aging 2023, 7: 763-764. PMCID: PMC10738322, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igad104.2468.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeurodegenerative conditionsLung diseasePreventative care servicesHealth care utilizationAverage attributable fractionNon-Hispanic whitesBlack older adultsRace/ethnicityCare utilizationChronic conditionsAttributable fractionCardiovascular diseaseCare servicesEthnic groupsSociodemographic characteristicsHealth disparitiesHispanic participantsMortalityOlder adultsDiseaseBlack participantsEthnic differencesDiabetesWhite participantsDementiaEARLY-LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN COGNITION AMONG US OLDER ADULTS
Lin Z, Ye J, Allore H, Gill T, Chen X. EARLY-LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN COGNITION AMONG US OLDER ADULTS. Innovation In Aging 2023, 7: 304-304. PMCID: PMC10735771, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igad104.1011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research