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Body mass index across adult life and cognitive function in the American elderly.
Article in Aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Sex- and age-dependent associations between waist-to-hip ratio and cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study of rural adults aged 40 years and older in northwestern China.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- Association of BMI and Cognitive Performance in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Article
- Greater BMI across the lifespan is associated with better midlife cognition: The Bogalusa Heart Study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Evidence from NHANES 2011-2014: a correlation between the weight-adjusted-waist index and cognitive abilities in the United States.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
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- Effectiveness of Vortioxetine in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder in Real-World Clinical Practice in Italy: Results from the RELIEVE Study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2022Article
- Study on Correlation between Body Cell Mass Index and Cognitive Impairment in Hemodialysis Maintaining Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2022Article
- Favourable Lifestyle Protects Cognitive Function in Older Adults With High Genetic Risk of Obesity: A Prospective Cohort Study.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2022Article
- Data-driven approaches to executive function performance and structure in aging: Integrating person-centered analyses and machine learning risk prediction.Neuropsychology · 2021Article
- US Older Adults That Consume Avocado or Guacamole Have Better Cognition Than Non-consumers: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2014.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to examine the associations of body mass index (BMI) across adult life with cognitive function in 2,637 participants aged 60 years or over from NHANES 2011-2014. The primary outcome was a composite score based on test scores on word list learning, animal naming, and digit symbol substitution. Exposures of interest included BMI at age 25, BMI 10 years before the survey, BMI at the survey (current BMI), and BMI burden calculated from age 25 to age at survey. BMI at age 25 was inversely associated with the composite score (β=-0.0271±0.0130 per kg/m
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