SynthesisThe British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science2013
Socioeconomic status as a risk factor for dementia death: individual participant meta-analysis of 86 508 men and women from the UK.
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Abstract
backgroundLife-course socioeconomic factors may have a role in dementia aetiology but there is a current paucity of studies. Meta-analyses of individual participant data would considerably strengthen this evidence base.
aimsTo examine the association between socioeconomic status in early life and adulthood with later dementia death.
methodIndividual participant meta-analysis of 11 prospective cohort studies (1994-2004, n = 86 508).
resultsLeaving full-time education at an earlier age was associated with an increased risk of dementia death in women (fully adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for age ≤14 v. age ≥16: HR = 1.76, 95% CI 1.23-2.53) but not men. Occupational social class was not statistically significantly associated with dementia death in men or women.
conclusionsLower educational attainment in women was associated with an increased risk of dementia-related death independently of common risk behaviours and comorbidities.
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