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Author: Altschul, Drew M.
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Altschul, Drew M.
Wraw, Christina
Der, Geoff
Gale, Catharine R.
Deary, Ian J.
Hypertension Development by Midlife and the Roles of Premorbid Cognitive Function, Sex, and Their Interaction
Hypertension 73 (2019): 812-819.
Also: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.12164
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: American Heart Association
Keyword(s): Cognitive Ability; Gender; Health, Chronic Conditions

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Higher early-life cognitive function is associated with better later-life health outcomes, including hypertension. Associations between higher prior cognitive function and less hypertension persist even when accounting for socioeconomic status, but socioeconomic status-hypertension gradients are more pronounced in women. We predicted that differences in hypertension development between sexes might be associated with cognitive function and its interaction with sex, such that higher early-life cognitive function would be associated with lower hypertension risk more in women than in men. We used accelerated failure time modeling with the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979. Cognitive function was assessed in youth, when participants were aged between 14 and 21 years. Of 2572 men and 2679 women who completed all assessments, 977 men and 940 women reported hypertension diagnoses by 2015. Socioeconomic status in youth and adulthood were investigated as covariates, as were components of adult socioeconomic status: education, occupational status, and family income.
Bibliography Citation
Altschul, Drew M., Christina Wraw, Geoff Der, Catharine R. Gale and Ian J. Deary. "Hypertension Development by Midlife and the Roles of Premorbid Cognitive Function, Sex, and Their Interaction." Hypertension 73 (2019): 812-819.
2. Altschul, Drew M.
Wraw, Christina
Gale, Catharine R.
Deary, Ian J.
How Youth Cognitive and Sociodemographic Factors Relate to the Development of Overweight and Obesity in the UK and the USA: A Prospective Cross-cohort Study of the National Child Development Study and National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979
Epidemiology 9,12 (November 2019): DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033011.
Also: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/12/e033011
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group, Ltd. - British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Body Mass Index (BMI); Cognitive Ability; Cross-national Analysis; Modeling, Growth Curve/Latent Trajectory Analysis; NCDS - National Child Development Study (British); Obesity; Socioeconomic Status (SES)

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Objectives: We investigated how youth cognitive and sociodemographic factors are associated with the aetiology of overweight and obesity. We examined both onset (who is at early risk for overweight and obesity) and development (who gains weight and when).

Setting: We used data from the US National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979 (NLSY) and the UK National Child Development Study (NCDS); most of both studies completed a cognitive function test in youth.

Bibliography Citation
Altschul, Drew M., Christina Wraw, Catharine R. Gale and Ian J. Deary. "How Youth Cognitive and Sociodemographic Factors Relate to the Development of Overweight and Obesity in the UK and the USA: A Prospective Cross-cohort Study of the National Child Development Study and National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979." Epidemiology 9,12 (November 2019): DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033011.