Importance: Early-life socioeconomic adversity may be associated with poor cognitive health over the life course.
Objective: To examine the association of childhood and midlife neighborhood socioeconomic position (nSEP) with cognitive decline.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This cohort study included 5711 men and women enrolled in the community-based Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study with repeated cognitive data measured over a median 27.
The community surveillance component of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study is designed to estimate patterns and trends of coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence, case fatality, and mortality in four U.S. communities.
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