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Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD

Race Differences in the Association Between Sleep Medication Use and Risk of Dementia.

2023

Authors: Leng Y, Stone KL, Yaffe K

JAMA neurology

Association of Physical Activity With Neurofilament Light Chain Trajectories in Autosomal Dominant Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Variant Carriers.

2023

Authors: Casaletto KB, Kornack J, Paolillo EW, Rojas JC, VandeBunte A, Staffaroni AS, Lee S, Heuer H, Forsberg L, Ramos EM, Miller BL, Kramer JH, Yaffe K, Petrucelli L, Boxer A, Boeve B, Gendron TF, Rosen H, ALLFTD Consortium

Prenatal diagnosis

A systematic review and meta-analysis of cell-free DNA testing for detection of fetal sex chromosome aneuploidy.

2023

Authors: Shear MA, Swanson K, Garg R, Jelin AC, Boscardin J, Norton ME, Sparks TN

Neurology

Cognitive and Functional Trajectories in Older Adults With Prediagnostic Parkinson Disease.

2022

Authors: Bock MA, Vittinghoff E, Bahorik AL, Leng Y, Fink H, Yaffe K

Annals of vascular surgery

Cognitive Impairment is Common in a�Veterans Affairs Population with Peripheral Arterial Disease.

2022

Authors: Smith EJT, Gasper WJ, Schneider PA, Finlayson E, Walter LC, Covinsky KE, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Posttraumatic stress disorder, suicide, and unintended overdose death in later life: A national cohort study of veterans aged 50 and older.

2022

Authors: Clark R, Kuffel RL, Neylan TC, Maguen S, Li Y, Boscardin WJ, Byers AL

PloS one

Ancestral risk modification for multiple sclerosis susceptibility detected across the Major Histocompatibility Complex in a multi-ethnic population.

2022

Authors: Beecham AH, Amezcua L, Chinea A, Manrique CP, Gomez L, Martinez A, Beecham GW, Patsopoulos NA, Chitnis T, Weiner HL, De Jager PL, Burchard EG, Lund BT, Fitzgerald KC, Calabresi PA, Delgado SR, Oksenberg JR, McCauley JL

The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences

Appendicular Lean Mass, Grip Strength, and the Incidence of Dementia among Older Adults in the Health ABC Study.

2022

Authors: Andrews JS, Gold LS, Reed MJ, Hough CL, Garcia JM, McClelland RL, Fitzpatrick AL, Covinsky KE, Crane PK, Yaffe K, Cawthon PM

Journal of general internal medicine

The Epidemiology of Smoking in Older Adults: A National Cohort Study.

2022

Authors: Hunt LJ, Covinsky KE, Cenzer I, Espejo E, Boscardin WJ, Leutwyler H, Lee AK, Cataldo J

Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) | Volume 78

Transforming the invisible into the visible: disparities in the access to health in LGBT+ older people.

2022

Authors: Crenitte MRF, de Melo LR, Jacob-Filho W, Avelino-Silva TJ

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OBJECTIVES

To compare variables of access to healthcare between the LGBT+ population aged 50 and over and those non-LGBT+.

METHODS

A cross-sectional study was carried out in Brazil through a confidential online questionnaire. The use of the health system was characterized by the number of preventive tests performed and measured by the PCATool-Brasil scale (a 10-point scale in which higher scores were associated with better assistance in healthcare). The association between being LGBT+ and access to health was analyzed in Poisson regression models.

RESULTS

6693 participants (1332 LGBT+ and 5361 non-LGBT+) with a median age of 60 years were included. In the univariate analysis, it was observed not only lower scores on the PCATool scale (5.13 against 5.82, p < 0.001), but a greater proportion of individuals among those classified with the worst quintile of access to healthcare (< 4 points), 31% against 18% (p < 0.001). Being LGBT+ was an independent factor associated with worse access to health (PR = 2.5, 95% CI 2.04‒3.06). The rate of screening cancer, for breast, colon, and cervical cancer was also found to be lower in the LGBT+ population.

CONCLUSION

Healthcare access and health service experiences were worse in the LGBT+ group than in their non-LGBT peers. Inclusive and effective healthcare public policies are essential to promote healthy aging for all.

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