Higher total literacy is associated with higher global cognition and all five specific cognitive abilities in older adults without dementia¶
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q3 i? A person with a 90th percentile total literacy score had a global cognition score about 1.51 standard deviations higher than a person with a 10th percentile score, with similar associations for health and financial literacy and for five specific cognitive domains. → Bennett JS 2012
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Bennett JS 2012¶
Bennett JS, Boyle PA, James BD, Bennett DA. (2012). Correlates of health and financial literacy in older adults without dementia. BMC Geriatrics. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-12-30
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Cross-sectional regression analysis of global cognition (19-test composite) and five domains in 556 older adults without dementia. The 90th- vs 10th-percentile literacy contrast yielded a global cognition difference of "about 1.51 standard deviations higher", robust to income and chronic conditions adjustment.
"a person with the 90 th percentile total literacy score had a global cognition score about 1.51 standard deviations higher than a person with the 10 th percentile total literacy score (Table 2). Results were similar in fully adjusted model."
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- The association of total literacy with physical activity is not statistically significant after adjustment for income and chronic medical conditions — related
- Literacy is associated with functional status in older adults, but after full adjustment total literacy remains associated only with instrumental activities of daily living and mobility disability — related
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Higher total literacy is associated with higher global cognition and all five specific cognitive abilities in older adults without dementia |
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Higher total literacy is associated with higher global cognition and all five specific cognitive abilities in older adults without dementia |
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