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Shorter adult height is associated with poorer cognitive performance in elderly men with type II diabetes.

Authors :
West, Rebecca K
Ravona-Springer, Ramit
Heymann, Anthony
Schmeidler, James
Leroith, Derek
Koifman, Keren
Guerrero-Berroa, Elizabeth
Preiss, Rachel
Hoffman, Hadas
Silverman, Jeremy M
Beeri, Michal Schnaider
Source :
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2015, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p927-935. 9p.
Publication Year :
2015

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