Socioeconomic disparities in cognitive impairment, quality of life, and mortality among older adults in Germany.
Among older adults, SES is strongly associated with cognitive impairment. However, cognitive impairment emerges as a more significant risk factor for all-cause mortality than SES. These findings suggest the need for public health strategies to prioritize cognitive health monitoring and targeted interventions, while simultaneously addressing social inequalities, to reduce the burden of these adverse outcomes.
Authors
- Matthias Michal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4028-5851)
- Philipp S. Wild (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4413-9752)
- Jasmin Ghaemi Kerahrodi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3789-1583)
- Sadeer G Al-Kindi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-7695)
- Stavros Konstantinides (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6359-7279)
- Alexander Karl-Georg Schuster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6304-3599)
- Emilio Gianicolo
- Julian Chalabi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5689-9112)
- Anna C. Reinwarth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2680-4678)
- Peter R. Galle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-0992)
- Omar Hahad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7823-7671)
- Karl J. Lackner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1985-7931)
- Katharina Geschke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7311-0049)
- Isabel Heinrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4310-6748)
- Elmar Brähler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2648-2728)
- Katja Petrowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-2093)
- Manfred E. Beutel
- J. O. Petersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6540-1284)
- Oliver Tüscher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4023-5301)
Institutions
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (DE)
- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DE)
- National Research Council (IT)
- Institute of Molecular Biology (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328988
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17