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Development of Vascular Risk Factors over 15 Years in Relation to Cognition: The Hoorn Study.
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society . Aug2012, Vol. 60 Issue 8, p1426-1433. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Objectives To investigate the development of vascular risk factor levels at four points over 15 years in relation to late-life cognitive functioning. Design Longitudinal population-based study. Setting The Hoorn Study, a community-based cohort study of glucose metabolism and cardiovascular risk. Participants Three hundred eighty individuals without dementia (mean baseline age 57.7 ± 5.5). Measurements Four extensive medical examinations were conducted over 15 years. Cognition was assessed in detail at the fourth examination. The time course of vascular risk factors across the examinations was compared between individuals in the highest tertile (good performance) and those in the lowest tertile (poor performance) of cognitive functioning on three cognitive domains (memory, information processing speed, and attention and executive functioning ( A& EF)). Results Individuals with poor information processing speed had higher levels of systolic blood pressure at baseline (mean difference (standard error) 11.6 (2.6) mm Hg, P < .001) than those with good information processing speed. Individuals with poor A& EF had a higher waist:hip ratio (3.03 (1.15), P = .009), glycosylated hemoglobin (0.29% (0.10%), P = .005) and total cholesterol:high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (0.38 (0.19), P = .04) at baseline than individuals with good A& EF, although the differences in vascular risk factor levels between the poor and good cognition group diminished with increasing age. Conclusion High blood pressure, adiposity, hypercholesterolemia, and hyperglycemia at midlife are associated with late-life cognitive dysfunction, but for most risk factors, this relationship gradually attenuates with increasing age. These results suggest that timing of vascular treatment strategies to prevent cognitive impairment is critical. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- *VASCULAR diseases
*CHI-squared test
*COGNITIVE testing
*LONGITUDINAL method
*NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests
*PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*REGRESSION analysis
*RESEARCH funding
*SCALES (Weighing instruments)
*T-test (Statistics)
*LOGISTIC regression analysis
*FUNCTIONAL assessment
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*DISEASE risk factors
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00028614
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 78436097
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04081.x