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PREVALENCE OF SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS VARY BY RACE IN OLDER US ADULTS
Few studies have examined racial/ethnic disparities in sensory function. We studied 3,005 US adults (aged 57-85, mean 69.3 years); 10% Hispanic, 17% Black, 71% White; National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project). Impairment was defined by established criteria for objectively measured vision, sme...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9766104/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.944 |
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author | Arshad, Faaizah Pinto, Jayant Yaffe, Kristine Brenowitz, Willa |
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description | Few studies have examined racial/ethnic disparities in sensory function. We studied 3,005 US adults (aged 57-85, mean 69.3 years); 10% Hispanic, 17% Black, 71% White; National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project). Impairment was defined by established criteria for objectively measured vision, smell, taste, touch and interviewer-rated hearing. Vision (22%), hearing (19%), smell (23%), taste (15%), and touch (19%) loss were common. Hispanic and Blacks showed the highest prevalence of vision, smell, and touch dysfunction. Findings persisted after adjustment for age, sex, education, and cardiometabolic conditions. Blacks had higher odds of impaired vision (adjusted Odds Ratio [aOR]:1.61; 95%CI:1.12, 2.32), smell (aOR:2.64; 95%CI:1.81, 3.84)) and touch (aOR:1.81; 95%CI:1.23, 2.64)) compared to Whites. Hispanics had higher odds of impaired smell than Whites (aOR:2.33; 95%CI:1.47, 3.67). Racial/ethnic minorities face marked disparities in function of the classical senses. Understanding how these differences arise, including potential systemic/social mechanisms, may catalyze interventions that promote health equity. |
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spelling | pubmed-97661042022-12-20 PREVALENCE OF SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS VARY BY RACE IN OLDER US ADULTS Arshad, Faaizah Pinto, Jayant Yaffe, Kristine Brenowitz, Willa Innov Aging Abstracts Few studies have examined racial/ethnic disparities in sensory function. We studied 3,005 US adults (aged 57-85, mean 69.3 years); 10% Hispanic, 17% Black, 71% White; National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project). Impairment was defined by established criteria for objectively measured vision, smell, taste, touch and interviewer-rated hearing. Vision (22%), hearing (19%), smell (23%), taste (15%), and touch (19%) loss were common. Hispanic and Blacks showed the highest prevalence of vision, smell, and touch dysfunction. Findings persisted after adjustment for age, sex, education, and cardiometabolic conditions. Blacks had higher odds of impaired vision (adjusted Odds Ratio [aOR]:1.61; 95%CI:1.12, 2.32), smell (aOR:2.64; 95%CI:1.81, 3.84)) and touch (aOR:1.81; 95%CI:1.23, 2.64)) compared to Whites. Hispanics had higher odds of impaired smell than Whites (aOR:2.33; 95%CI:1.47, 3.67). Racial/ethnic minorities face marked disparities in function of the classical senses. Understanding how these differences arise, including potential systemic/social mechanisms, may catalyze interventions that promote health equity. Oxford University Press 2022-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9766104/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.944 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Abstracts Arshad, Faaizah Pinto, Jayant Yaffe, Kristine Brenowitz, Willa PREVALENCE OF SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS VARY BY RACE IN OLDER US ADULTS |
title | PREVALENCE OF SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS VARY BY RACE IN OLDER US ADULTS |
title_full | PREVALENCE OF SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS VARY BY RACE IN OLDER US ADULTS |
title_fullStr | PREVALENCE OF SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS VARY BY RACE IN OLDER US ADULTS |
title_full_unstemmed | PREVALENCE OF SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS VARY BY RACE IN OLDER US ADULTS |
title_short | PREVALENCE OF SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS VARY BY RACE IN OLDER US ADULTS |
title_sort | prevalence of sensory impairments vary by race in older us adults |
topic | Abstracts |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9766104/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.944 |
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