Education, Elderly Health, and Differential Population Aging in South Korea: A Demographic Approach

Mushroom Consumption and Incident Dementia in Elderly Japanese: The Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study

“…Therefore, we could not rule out the possibility that participants with higher mushroom consumption might also have had more favorable potential confounding factors. For example, with regard to socioeconomic status, previous studies have suggested that education is associated with certain health conditions among the elderly . In the present study, to consider the confounding effect of education, we included education in the multiple‐adjustment model and conducted subgroup analysis according to education.…”

Cognitive performance norms from the Korean genome and epidemiology study (KoGES)

“…One possible explanation for this finding is the low education level in the current sample which may have weakened the association between education and some cognitive measures. Socio-culturally, overall education attainment is low in middleaged and older adults of South Korea due to a lack of emphasis on tertiary education (≥college) until the recent decades, particularly in women Q 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 L o w e rQ 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 % 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 and those who were in the low socio-economic status (Kye et al, 2014). While low education in the current sample may not be reflective of their true pre-morbid cognitive performance, it is plausible that education level had a weaker impact on some cognitive measures, particularly for the two memory portions of the Digit Symbol Test, where the range of scores is limited.…”

Health and Long-Term Care Systems for Older People in the Republic of Korea: Policy Challenges and Lessons

“…8 Good financial condition was also associated with successful aging, such as a later life with less disease and disease-related disability as well as high levels of cognitive and physical function. 9 On the other hand, lower education was a significant factor explaining physical and mental difficulties or poor selfrated health (SRH), [10][11][12] and low levels of income or occupation were predictors of cognitive impairment. 13 In addition, there is an inverse association between socioeconomic factors and depressive symptoms, 14 and nonstandard forms of employment increase the risk of depression in older populations.…”