GERAETS, A., FORD, K. J., MAY, P., Kidd, E., & LEIST, A. (28 July 2025). Associations of age at menopause, bilateral oophorectomy, hysterectomy and hormone replacement therapy with glycaemia and risk of dementia: a study based on the population-based UK Biobank cohort. BMJ Public Health, 3 (2), 002120. doi:10.1136/bmjph-2024-002120
Introduction Menopausal factors, including age at menopause, bilateral oophorec...
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Rehnberg, J., Fors, S., FORD, K. J., & LEIST, A. (20 June 2024). Cognitive performance trends among European older adults: exploring variations across cohorts, gender, and educational levels (2007-2017). BMC Public Health, 24 (1), 1646. doi:10.1186/s12889-024-19123-3
[en] BACKGROUND: This study explores recent cohort trends in cognitive performance among older Eu...
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FORD, K. J. (2022). Educational and Occupational Differentials in Cognition: Examining the Role of Gender using Population-Based Studies [Doctoral thesis, Unilu - University of Luxembourg]. ORBilu-University of Luxembourg. https://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/51478
FORD, K. J., Kobayashi, L. C., & LEIST, A. (May 2022). Childhood socioeconomic disadvantage and pathways to memory performance in mid to late adulthood: What matters most? Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77 (8), 1478–1489. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbac075
Objectives. Childhood socioeconomic disadvantage is consistently associated with lower cognitive ...
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FORD, K. J., & LEIST, A. (22 March 2021). Returns to Educational and Occupational Attainment in Cognitive Performance for Middle-Aged South Korean Men and Women. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 7. doi:10.1177/23337214211004366
Background: Gender differences in late middle-age cognitive performance may be explained by diffe...
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FORD, K. J., Batty, G. D., & LEIST, A. (2020). Examining gender differentials in the association of low control work with cognitive performance in older workers. European Journal of Public Health. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckaa173
Background: Limited workplace control, an important dimension of job strain, can reduce occupatio...
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FORD, K. J., & LEIST, A. (20 November 2019). Are certain racial groups really at greater risk of type 2 diabetes? A mediation analysis of income inequality and diabetes incidence in the United States [Paper presentation]. 12th European Public Health Conference, Marseille, France.
LEIST, A., & FORD, K. J. (October 2019). Gender inequalities across the life course: A societal perspective on gender differences in dementia [Paper presentation]. Alzheimer Europe Conference, The Hague, Netherlands.
Introduction. Women are at increased risk of developing dementia, which can only partly be explai...