ArticleJournal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS2025
Marital status, brain health, and cognitive reserve among diverse older adults.
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- Home Environmental Factors and Functional Ability as Determinants of Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Implications for Primary Health Care.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Brain Microstructural Alteration and Its Implications for Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Surgical Patients: A Narrative Review.Brain and behavior · 2025Review
- The Association Between Divorce and Late-life Brain Health in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Cohort of Older Adults.Alzheimer disease and associated disordersObservational
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objectiveBeing married may protect late-life cognition. Less is known about living arrangement among unmarried adults and mechanisms such as brain health (BH) and cognitive reserve (CR) across race and ethnicity or sex/gender. The current study examines (1) associations between marital status, BH, and CR among diverse older adults and (2) whether one's living arrangement is linked to BH and CR among unmarried adults.
methodCross-sectional data come from the Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project (
resultsMarital status was associated with CR, but not BH. Compared to married individuals, those who were previously married (i.e., divorced, widowed, and separated) had lower CR than their married counterparts in the full sample, among White and Hispanic subgroups, and among women. Never married women also had lower CR than married women. These findings were independent of age, education, physical health, and household income. Among never married individuals, living with others was negatively linked to BH.
conclusionsMarriage may protect late-life cognition via CR. Findings also highlight differential effects across race and ethnicity and sex/gender. Marital status could be considered when assessing the risk of cognitive impairment during routine screenings.
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