% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Hofbauer:281128, author = {Hofbauer, Lena M and Rodriguez, Francisca Saveria}, title = {{T}he {M}ediating {R}ole of {L}ifestyle {A}ctivities in the {A}ssociation {B}etween {S}ocial {D}eprivation and {C}ognition in {O}lder {A}dulthood: {R}esults {F}rom the {H}ealth and {R}etirement ({HRS}) {S}tudy.}, journal = {Journal of aging and health}, volume = {37}, number = {9}, issn = {0898-2643}, address = {London [u.a.]}, publisher = {Sage Publ.}, reportid = {DZNE-2025-01087}, pages = {555 - 566}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Objectives: We aimed to investigate the mediating role of lifestyle activities in the association between social deprivation and cognition. Methods: To investigate, we analysed data of 3867 respondents (Mean Age: 73.37, SD: 5.57) in the U.S. Health and Retirement Study (HRS) using growth curve and path analysis, adjusted for demographic and health covariates. Results: Being in the high (vs. moderate) Social Deprivation Index group was associated with lower cognition scores (β = -2.63, [95 $\%$ CI: -2.90, -2.36]). Conversely, higher (vs. lower) Lifestyle Index scores were associated with higher cognition scores (β = 1.17, [95 $\%$ CI: 0.72, 1.63]). In mediation analysis, the Lifestyle Index score explained 27 $\%$ of the association of So Dep Index group on cognition at the final follow-up. Discussion: While lifestyle activities did mediate the association between social deprivation and cognition, factors not investigated accounted for the majority of the variation. These may include systemic disadvantages.}, keywords = {Humans / Aged / Male / Female / Life Style / Cognition / United States / Retirement / Aged, 80 and over / dementia (Other) / health and retirement study (Other) / inequality (Other) / longitudinal analysis (Other) / socioeconomic status (Other)}, cin = {AG Rodriguez}, ddc = {610}, cid = {I:(DE-2719)1510900}, pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, pubmed = {pmid:39137921}, pmc = {pmc:PMC12405645}, doi = {10.1177/08982643241273988}, url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/281128}, }