PURPOSE: Studies of middle-aged and particularly older-aged adults found that those with
higher scores on tests of IQ (cognitive function) had lower rates of later mortality …

The relationship between literacy and health outcomes are well documented in adult
medicine, yet specific causal pathways are not entirely clear. Despite an incomplete …

Background To our knowledge, a systematic comparison of predictors of mortality in middle-
aged to elderly individuals has not yet been done. We investigated predictors of mortality in …

OBJECTIVE Self-management of type 2 diabetes including avoidance of hypoglycemia is
complex, but the impact of cognition on safe self-management is not well understood. This …

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether, in well‐functioning older adults, a lower score on the
Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) and slower gait are associated with greater risk of …

Background Low health literacy and low cognitive abilities both predict mortality, but no
study has jointly examined these relationships. Methods We conducted a prospective cohort …

A robust and very persistent association between indicators of socioeconomic status (SES)
and the onset of life-threatening disease is a prominent concern of medical sociology. The …

Abstract Background/Aims: Gait speed is cross-sectionally associated with attention and
psychomotor speed in older community dwellers. It is unclear if gait speed predicts decline …

This study examined the association between long working hours and cognitive function in
middle age. Data were collected in 1997–1999 (baseline) and 2002–2004 (follow-up) from a …

It is time to bury the old models of personality and health and replace them with theories and
models that employ the most modern concepts from personality psychology. It has long been …