Impact of differential attrition on the association of education with cognitive change over 20 years of follow-up

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 956-966

  Gottesman, Rebecca F ^a   Rawlings, Andreea M ^b   Sharrett, A Richey ^b   Albert, Marilyn ^b   Alonso, Alvaro ^b   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^b   Coker, Laura H ^b   Coresh, Josef ^b   Couper, David J ^b   Griswold, Michael E ^b   Heiss, Gerardo ^b   Knopman, David S ^b   Patel, Mehul D ^b   Penman, Alan D ^b   Power, Melinda C ^b   Selnes, Ola A ^b   Schneider, Andrea L C ^b   Wagenknecht, Lynne E ^b   Windham, B Gwen ^b   Wruck, Lisa M ^b   Mosley, Thomas H ^b   more..

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

aging; cognition; cognitive decline; cognitive reserve; education

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; AGING; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

UNITED STATES;

AGING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DECLINE; COGNITIVE RESERVE; EDUCATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897390767     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu020     Document Type: Article

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