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ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2021

Free-Living Standing Activity as Assessed by Seismic Accelerometers and Cognitive Function in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The MIND Trial.

Shannon Halloway, Klodian Dhana, Pankaja Desai, Puja Agarwal, Thomas Holland, Neelum T Aggarwal, Jordi Evers, Frank M Sacks, Vincent J Carey, Lisa L Barnes

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Article in The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02817074 (MIND Diet Intervention to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 56% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02817074 nacompletednot on this map

MIND Diet Intervention to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease

TypeinterventionalSponsorRush University Medical CenterRan2017 to 2021Enrolled604ConditionsCognitive Decline, Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Vascular DementiaArmsMIND Diet, Mild Weight Loss
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effect modifiers of the MIND diet for cognition in older adults: The MIND diet trial.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
    Trial
  2. Review
  3. Sedentary behavior and lifespan brain health.Trends in cognitive sciences · 2024
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shannon HallowayRush University College of Nursing, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7989-0525
Klodian DhanaRush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6397-7009
Pankaja DesaiRush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Puja AgarwalDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Thomas HollandRush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Neelum T AggarwalRush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jordi EversMcRoberts BV, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Frank M SacksDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1341-1995
Vincent J CareyChanning Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Lisa L BarnesRush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Rush University Medical Center · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

MIND Diet Intervention to Prevent Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG052583 · NIA · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BARNES, LISA L · 2016 to 2020
$19.3M
Vitamin K and D and Cognitive Impairment in Older AdultsR01AG051641 · NIA · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI BOOTH, SARAH LOUISE · 2022 to 2025
$2.7M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG052583NIH HHS R01 AG051641
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFew older adults are able to achieve recommended levels of moderate-vigorous physical activity despite known cognitive benefits. Alternatively, less intense activities such as standing can be easily integrated into daily life. No existing study has examined the impact of free-living standing activity during daily life as measured by a device on cognition in older adults. Our purpose was to examine the association between free-living standing activity and cognitive function in cognitively healthy older adults.

methodParticipants were 98 adults aged 65 years or older from the ongoing MIND trial (NCT02817074) without diagnoses or symptoms of mild cognitive impairment or dementia. Linear regression analyses tested cross-sectional associations between standing activity (duration and intensity from the MoveMonitor+ accelerometer/gyroscope) and cognition (4 cognitive domains constructed from 12 cognitive performance tests).

resultsParticipants were on average 69.7 years old (SD = 3.7), 69.4% women, and 73.5% had a college degree or higher. Higher mean intensity of standing activity was significantly associated with higher levels of perceptual speed when adjusting for age, gender, and education level. Each log unit increase in standing activity intensity was associated with 0.72 units higher of perceptual speed (p = .023). When we additionally adjusted for cognitive activities and moderate-vigorous physical activity, and then also for body mass index, depressive symptoms, prescription medication use, and device wear time, the positive association remained.

conclusionsThese findings should be further explored in longitudinal analyses and interventions for cognition that incorporate small changes to free-living activity in addition to promoting moderate-vigorous physical activity.

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Cognitive DysfunctionIndependent LivingAccelerometryAgedCognitionCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleCognitionCognitive agingPhysical activityStanding

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PMID33835152
PMCPMC8562393
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