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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS ER0xFMlI. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Childhood socioeconomic status (SES) acts over a lifetime to influence adult health outcomes. Whether the impact of childhood SES differs by age or race/ethnicity is unclear. The authors studied 20,566 community-living US adults aged>50 years. Parental education was the main predictor. Outcomes evaluated (1998-2002) included self-reported health and functional limitation. The influence of childhood SES on later-life health was also examined in groups stratified by age and race/ethnicity, with adjustment for demographic factors and current SES. Participants'mean age was 67 years ; 57% were women. By race/ethnicity, 76% were White, 14% were Black, and 8% were Latino. The relation between low parental education and fair/poor self-rated health declined with advancing age (age 50-64 years : adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=1.42,95% confidence interval (Cl) : 1.24,1.63 ; age>80 years : AOR=1.14,95% Cl : 0.96,1.36). The relation between low parental education and fair/poor self-rated health differed across racial/ethnic groups and was significant in White (AOR=1.33,95% Cl : 1.21,1.47) and Black (AOR=1.37,95% Cl : 1.14,1.64) participants but not Latinos. These findings suggest that childhood SES affects health status through midlife but the effects may abate in late life ; its effects also may be weaker in Latinos than in Whites or Blacks.
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