SynthesisThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2019
A Multi-study Coordinated Meta-analysis of Pulmonary Function and Cognition in Aging.
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- Association of Lung Function With Cognitive Decline and Incident Dementia in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.American journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Peak Expiratory Flow Predicts Incident Dementia in a Representative Sample of U.S. Older Adults: The National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS).The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2023Article
- Lung function and cognitive ability in children: a UK birth cohort study.BMJ open respiratory research · 2023Article
- Effects of verbal tasks with varying difficulty on real-time respiratory airflow during speech generation in healthy young adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Pulmonary Function in Midlife as a Predictor of Later-Life Cognition: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Adults (CARDIA) Study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2022Article
- Genome-wide association study of musical beat synchronization demonstrates high polygenicity.Nature human behaviour · 2022Article
- Cognitive impairment and World Trade Centre-related exposures.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2022Review
- Impact of taxane-based chemotherapy among older women with breast cancer on cognition and quality of life: a longitudinal pooled analysis.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2022Article
- Cohort and Period Effects as Explanations for Declining Dementia Trends and Cognitive Aging.Population and development review · 2021Article
- Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comorbid Cognitive and Physical Impairments in World Trade Center Responders.Journal of traumatic stress · 2021Article
- What Matters and What Matters Most for Survival After age 80? A Multidisciplinary Exploration Based on Twin Data.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- White Matter Connectivity in Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Study of World Trade Center Responders at Midlife.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2021Article
- Trajectories of Big Five Personality Traits: A Coordinated Analysis of 16 Longitudinal Samples.European journal of personality · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundSubstantial research is dedicated to understanding the aging-related dynamics among individual differences in level, change, and variation across physical and cognitive abilities. Evaluating replicability and synthesizing these findings has been limited by differences in measurements and samples, and by study design and statistical analyses confounding between-person differences with within-person changes. In this article, we conducted a coordinated analysis and summary meta-analysis of new results on the aging-related dynamics linking pulmonary function and cognitive performance.
methodsWe performed coordinated analysis of bivariate growth models in data from 20,586 participants across eight longitudinal studies to examine individual differences in baseline level, rate of change, and occasion-specific variability in pulmonary and cognitive functioning. Results were summarized using meta-analysis.
resultsWe found consistent but weak baseline and longitudinal associations in levels of pulmonary and cognitive functioning, but no associations in occasion-specific variability.
conclusionsResults provide limited evidence for a consistent link between simultaneous changes in pulmonary and cognitive function in a normal aging population. Further research is required to understand patterns of onset of decline and differences in rates of change within and across physical and cognitive functioning domains, both within-individuals and across countries and birth cohorts. Coordinated analysis provides an efficient and rigorous approach for replicating and comparing results across independent longitudinal studies.
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