ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2022
Education, but not occupation, is associated with cognitive impairment: The role of cognitive reserve in a sample from a low-to-middle-income country.
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introductionEducation, and less frequently occupation, has been associated with lower dementia risk in studies from high-income countries. We aimed to investigate the association of cognitive impairment with education and occupation in a low-middle-income country sample.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, cognitive function was assessed by the Clinical Dementia Rating sum of boxes (CDR-SOB). We investigated the association of occupation complexity and education with CDR-SOB using adjusted linear regression models for age, sex, and neuropathological lesions.
resultsIn 1023 participants, 77% had < 5 years of education, and 56% unskilled occupations. Compared to the group without education, those with formal education had lower CDR-SOB (1-4 years: DISCUSSION: Education, but not occupation, was related to better cognitive abilities independent of the presence of neuropathological insults.
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