Early-Life Circumstances and Cross-Country Disparities in Cognition Among Older Populations — China, the US, and the EU, 2008–2018  

作　　者：Binjian Yan Shuaifeng Gao Minlei Dai Thomas M.Gill Xi Chen 

机构地区：[1]College of Economics and Management,Nanjing Agricultural University,Nanjing City,Jiangsu Province,China [2]Department of Internal Medicine,Yale School of Medicine,New Haven,CT,US [3]Department of Health Policy and Management,Yale School of Public Health,New Haven,CT,US [4]Department of Economics,Yale University,New Haven,CT,US [5]Yale Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center,Yale University,New Haven,CT,US.

出　　处：《China CDC weekly》2022年第45期1013-1018,共6页中国疾病预防控制中心周报（英文）

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(71974097);a Career Development Award(K01AG053408);a major research grant(R01AG077529);he Claude D.Pepper Older Americans Independence Center at Yale School of Medicine(P30AG021342)funded by the National Institute on Aging,Jiangsu Qinglan Project,Jiangsu the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institute(PAPD).

摘　　要：What is already known about this topic?Many health challenges have emerged due to rapid population aging,including declined cognitive ability among older adults.What is added by this report?Childhood circumstances have significant and lasting impacts on cognition in old age.This study compared cognition data from China with both the United States(U.S.)and the European Union(EU)during 2008–2018,finding that childhood circumstances could respectively explain 65.4%[95%confidence interval(CI):59.4%,71.4%](China vs.the U.S.)and 38.2%(95%CI:35.1%,41.2%)(China vs.the EU)of the overall differences in cognition among older adults.Family socioeconomic status explained the largest share of differences among all considered childhood circumstances.What are the implications for public health practice?Large disparities in cognition should be addressed by mitigating childhood disadvantages.

关 键 词：POPULATION circumstances COGNITION 

分 类 号：R749.16[医药卫生—神经病学与精神病学]