ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2022
Cognitive impairment and low physical function among older Mexican Americans: findings from a 20-year follow-up
Article in Annals of epidemiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Adverse childhood experiences, sleep quality/duration and later-life lower extremity function among older adults in China: evidence from CHARLS.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Prevalence and related factors of physical function and cognitive impairment among older adults: a population-based regional cross-sectional study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Independent and combined associations of depression and cognitive impairment with frailty in oldest-old adults.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Characterization of cancer survivors clustered by subjective and objective cognitive function scores.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
- Prediction Model for Cognitive Impairment among Disabled Older Adults: A Development and Validation Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of the study was to examine the association between cognitive impairment and low physical function over a 20-year follow-up period among older Mexican Americans.
methodsThe final sample included 1545 community-dwelling Mexican Americans age ≥ 65 years from the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly, who scored moderate-high on Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) and were non-disabled at baseline (1993/94). Cognitive impairment was defined at each observation wave as less than equal to 21 points on the Mini Mental State Examination. General Estimating Equation was used to estimate the odds ratio of having low physical function (SPPB <7 points) over time as a function of cognitive impairment, adjusting for socio-demographics, self-reported medical conditions, body mass index, and depressive symptoms. All variables were time-varying, except sex and education.
resultsParticipants with cognitive impairment had increased odds ratio of low physical function over time compared to those without cognitive impairment (Odds Ratio = 1.89; 95% Confidence Interval = 1.59-2.26, P <.0001), after controlling for all covariates.
conclusionDespite having moderate to high physical function and being non-disabled at baseline, participants with cognitive impairment were more likely to decline in physical function over 20-years of follow-up.
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