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Adult child education

Exposure

1 paper1 finding

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funder: National Institute on Aging
  • Humans1

Outcomes

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Cognitive functioning

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Adult child education improves cognitive functioning in humans (pooled estimate: 0.032 SD (95% CI: 0.018-0.046) per additional year).

    “Each additional year of offspring education was associated with 0.02 (Longitudinal Aging Study in India - Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia [LASI-DAD]) to 0.04 (Health and Retirement Study Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol Survey [HRS-HCAP], Mexican Health and Aging Study Cognitive Aging Ancillary Study [Mex-Cog]) standard deviation (SD) units higher cognitive score (pooled estimate: 0.032 [95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.018-0.046])”

    Humans

    The association between adult child education and cognitive functioning among older parents: A cross-national comparison of diverse contexts

    Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's AssociationJan 27, 2025

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