Maternal education

3 papers2 findings

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.

Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.

Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.

On aging: the drug’s trials ARN judged to be about aging, of every trial that tests it for any use.

No results posted: trials that ended more than a year ago with no results on ClinicalTrials.gov and no paper in ARN’s record.

Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper whose competing-interests statement declares ties to one.

2 independent labs in 1 country

Funders: National Institute on Aging and 1 more

Humans3

Outcomes

Cognitive decline

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1 study

Maternal education decreases cognitive decline in humans (β = 0.082 [95% CI, 0.035 to 0.129] SD per year).
“Compared with less than primary education, maternal education at the upper secondary level or higher was associated with slower rates of decline in cognitive state (β = 0.082 [95% CI, 0.035 to 0.129]”
Humans
Parental Education, Own Education, and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
JAMA network open1 May 2025

Associations

Cognitive function

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1 study

Maternal education is associated with cognitive function in humans (p=.007 (verbal), p=.003 (visuospatial)).
“showed a statistically significant association between maternal education and short-term verbal (p=.007) and visuospatial memory (p=.003) performance”
Humansadjusting for age, sex, race, education, and ACEsn = 165
THE ROLE OF PARENTAL EDUCATION AND ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES IN COGNITIVE FUNCTION AMONG DIVERSE OLDER ADULTS
GSA 2024 abstract31 Dec 2024