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ArticleNeurology2022

Moderating Role of Cognitive Reserve Markers Between Childhood Cognition and Cognitive Aging: Evidence From the 1946 British Birth Cohort.

Pamela Almeida-Meza, Marcus Richards, Dorina Cadar

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Article in Neurology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Pamela Almeida-MezaFrom the Department of Behavioural Science and Health (P.A.-M., D.C.), University College London; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London; and Centre for Dementia Studies (D.C.), Department of Neuroscience, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK. p.meza.17@ucl.ac.uk.
Marcus RichardsFrom the Department of Behavioural Science and Health (P.A.-M., D.C.), University College London; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London; and Centre for Dementia Studies (D.C.), Department of Neuroscience, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK.
Dorina CadarFrom the Department of Behavioural Science and Health (P.A.-M., D.C.), University College London; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London; and Centre for Dementia Studies (D.C.), Department of Neuroscience, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK.

Funding

Project-001R01AG017644 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF LONDON INST OF NEUROLOGY · PI Andrew Steptoe · 2000 to 2026
$56.2M
Medical Research Council MC_UU_00019/1Medical Research Council MC_UU_00019/2Medical Research Council MC_UU_00019/3Medical Research Council MC_UU_00019/4NIA NIH HHS R01 AG017644
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesAs the population ages, differences in cognitive abilities become more evident. We investigated key genetic and life course influences on cognitive state at age 69 years, building on previous work using the longitudinal Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development (the British 1946 birth cohort).

methodsMultivariable regressions investigated the association between 4 factors: (1) childhood cognition at age 8 years; (2) a Cognitive Reserve Index (CRI) composed of 3 markers: (i) educational attainment by age 26 years, (ii) engagement in leisure activities at age 43 years, and (iii) occupation up to age 53 years; (3) reading ability assessed by the National Adult Reading Test (NART) at age 53 years; and (4)

resultsThe analytical sample comprised 1,184 participants. Higher scores in childhood cognition, CRI, and NART were associated with higher scores in the ACE-III. We found that the CRI and NART modified the association between childhood cognition and the ACE-III: for 30 additional points in the CRI or 20 additional points in the NART, the simple slope of childhood cognition decreased by approximately 0.10 points (CRI = 70: marginal effects (MEs) 0.22, 95% CI 0.12-0.32, DISCUSSION: The CRI and NART are independent measures of cognitive reserve because both modify the association between childhood cognition and cognitive state.

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Cognitive AgingCognitive ReserveAdultAgedAgingApolipoproteins EBirth CohortChildCognitionHumansMiddle AgedApolipoproteins E

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PMID35922143
PMCPMC9576292

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