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Association of Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Measures With Cognition and Dementia Risk in Australian Adults

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Key Points Question Is neighborhood-level socioeconomic status (SES) associated with differences in cognition and dementia risk scores? Findings In this cross-sectional study of 4656 Australian adults aged 40 to 70… Click to show full abstract

Key Points Question Is neighborhood-level socioeconomic status (SES) associated with differences in cognition and dementia risk scores? Findings In this cross-sectional study of 4656 Australian adults aged 40 to 70 years enrolled in the population-based Healthy Brain Project cohort, higher neighborhood-level SES was associated with better memory and lower dementia risk scores. Meaning This study’s findings suggest that dementia research would benefit from including participants living in areas with lower SES to better understand relevant factors and potential interventions.

Keywords: level socioeconomic; neighborhood level; dementia risk; dementia; cognition dementia

Journal Title: JAMA Network Open
Year Published: 2022

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