Abstract MP65: Occupational Complexity and Childhood Socioeconomic Environment Influence Mid-to-Late-Life 20-year Change in Cognitive Function; The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (aric) Study

Background: We tested the hypothesis that lower childhood SES is associated with greater age-and disease-related cognitive decline. We further examined potential protective effects of high adulthood occupational complexity in the association of childhood SES with cognitive decline. Methods: Childhood neighborhood SES (child nSES) was ascertained at midlife among 12440 ARIC participants using retrospective historical county-level census-based...