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Shorter adult height is associated with poorer cognitive performance in elderly men with type II diabetes.
- Source :
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Journal of Alzheimer's Disease . 2015, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p927-935. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- We studied the relationship of adult body height with five cognitive outcomes (executive functioning, semantic categorization, attention/working memory, episodic memory, and an overall cognition measure) in 897 cognitively normal elderly with type 2 diabetes. Regression analyses controlling for sociodemographic, cardiovascular, and diabetes-related risk factors and depression demonstrated that in males, shorter stature was associated with poorer executive functioning (p = 0.001), attention/working memory (p = 0.007), and overall cognition (p = 0.016), but not with episodic memory (p = 0.715) or semantic categorization (p = 0.948). No relationship between height and cognition was found for females. In cognitively normal type 2 diabetes male subjects, shorter stature, a surrogate for early-life stress and poor nutrition, was associated with cognitive functions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13872877
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 109699798
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-142049