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Education differences in life expectancy with cognitive impairment.

Fiona E Matthews¹, Carol Jagger, Laura L Miller

¹Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK. fiona.matthews@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk

The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

|February 3, 2009

Summary

Low education

Area of Science:

Gerontology
Epidemiology
Cognitive Science

Background:

Low educational attainment is linked to reduced life expectancy and cognitive function.
The impact of education on life expectancy with cognitive impairment remains under-researched.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between education level and life expectancy with cognitive impairment.
To explore the influence of education-adjusted cut-off points for cognitive impairment.

Main Methods:

Utilized longitudinal population-based data from the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS).
Included individuals aged 65+ with measures of education and cognitive impairment (Mini-Mental State Examination).
Employed Markov chain methods to calculate transitions between health states and analyzed life expectancy across education groups.

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Main Results:

Life expectancy with cognitive impairment is approximately 1.4 years for men and 2.5 years for women.
Differences in the proportion of life spent with cognitive impairment between education groups diminished when using education-adjusted cut-off points.
The cognitive impairment burden was comparable across education levels when adjusted.

Conclusions:

A significant portion of life expectancy is spent with cognitive impairment for both men and women.
The burden of cognitive impairment is not solely concentrated in lower educated groups when appropriate measures are used.