Chloe Fawns?Ritchie|John M. Starr|Ian J. Deary
Role of cognitive ability in the association between functional health literacy and mortality in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936: a prospective cohort study
University of Edinburgh|Alzheimer Scotland|University of Edinburgh|University of Edinburgh
investigated role childhood old age cognitive ability play association functional health literacy mortalityprospective cohort studythis study used data lothian birth cohort 1936 lbc1936 study recruited participants living lothian region scotland aged 70 years completed intelligence test age 11 years795 members lbc1936 scores tests functional health literacy cognitive ability childhood older adulthoodparticipants followed 8 years determine mortality time death days used primary outcome measureusing cox regression higher functional health literacy associated lower risk mortality adjusting age sex using shortened test functional health literacy adults hr 095 95 ci 092 098 newest vital sign hr 088 95 ci 080 097 functional health literacy composite measure hr 077 95 ci 065 092 rapid estimate adult literacy medicine hr 095 95 ci 090 101 adjusting childhood intelligence change associations additionally adjusting fluidtype cognitive ability older age associations functional health literacy mortality attenuated nonsignificantcurrent fluid ability childhood intelligence attenuated association functional health literacy mortality functional health literacy measures may part assess fluidtype cognitive abilities may account association functional health literacy mortality