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Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Lifestyle behaviors significantly influence cognitive health and dementia risk in aging populations.
  • Racial-ethnic disparities in lifestyle engagement and dementia incidence persist in the United States.
  • Understanding these disparities is crucial for developing targeted interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate racial-ethnic variations in longitudinal engagement with key lifestyle behaviors among older adults.
  • To examine the moderating effect of race-ethnicity on the association between lifestyle behaviors and dementia risk.
  • To identify specific lifestyle factors contributing to dementia disparities across racial-ethnic groups.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the National Health and Aging Trends Study (2011-2021) dataset, a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults aged 65 and older.
  • Inclusion of 6155 participants from White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian racial-ethnic groups.
  • Utilized Cox regression models to assess the interaction between lifestyle behaviors (physical activity, smoking, social contacts) and race-ethnicity in predicting dementia risk.

Main Results:

  • Smoking emerged as a significant risk factor, elevating dementia risk by approximately 45% (aHR = 1.45).
  • On average, Black and Hispanic participants reported lower physical activity and social contact frequency, alongside higher smoking rates.
  • A significant interaction indicated that increased social contacts were associated with a substantially lower dementia risk among Asian respondents (aHR = 0.16).

Conclusions:

  • Racial-ethnic differences in lifestyle behaviors are integral to understanding and addressing dementia disparities.
  • The protective association between social contacts and reduced dementia risk warrants further investigation, particularly within the Asian older adult population.
  • Future research should explore culturally specific lifestyle interventions to mitigate dementia risk across diverse racial-ethnic groups.