ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2018
Associations of APOE ε4 With Health and Financial Literacy Among Community-Based Older Adults Without Dementia.
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- APOE ε4 and Decline in Health and Financial Literacy in Advanced Age.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Understanding the role of financial health literacy in midlife and old age: A scoping review.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
- Associations of health and financial literacy with mortality in advanced age.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2020Observational
- Correlates of healthcare and financial decision making among older adults without dementia.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2018Article
- Religious Orders Study and Rush Memory and Aging Project.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2018Review
- Financial and Health Literacy Predict Incident Alzheimer's Disease Dementia and Pathology.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2017Article
- How Is Literacy Being Defined and Measured in Dementia Research? A Scoping Review.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
- Perceived Financial Vulnerability, Wealth, and Wealth Change: The Health and Retirement Study.Clinical gerontologistArticle
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Objectives: Older adults often exhibit low health and financial literacy, but the reasons why remain unclear. One possibility is that those older adults at high risk for developing dementia demonstrate low literacy even in the absence of marked cognitive impairment. We therefore examined associations of health and financial literacy with the APOE ε4 allele, the chief genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, among older adults without dementia. Method: Participants were 487 older adults without dementia enrolled in the Rush Memory and Aging Project (mean age = 83, mean years of education = 15, 77% female, 91% non-Hispanic White). Participants underwent APOE genotyping and assessments of cognition, health literacy, and financial literacy. Health and financial literacy scores were also averaged into a total literacy score. Results: ε4 was associated with lower total and health literacy, with a trend toward an association with lower financial literacy, after adjustment for age, sex, and education. Associations of ε4 with lower total and health literacy persisted after further adjustment for global cognitive function and 5 specific cognitive domains. Discussion: ε4 affects literacy even in the absence of clinical dementia and does so relatively independent of performance on traditional cognitive tests.
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