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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2022

Potential modifiable factors associated with late-life cognitive trajectories.

Zimu Wu, Robyn L Woods, Trevor T-J Chong, Suzanne G Orchard, John J McNeil, Raj C Shah, Rory Wolfe, Anne M Murray, Elsdon Storey, Joanne Ryan

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zimu WuSchool of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Robyn L WoodsSchool of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Trevor T-J ChongTurner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Suzanne G OrchardSchool of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
John J McNeilSchool of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Raj C ShahDepartment of Family Medicine and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States.
Rory WolfeSchool of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Anne M MurrayBerman Center for Outcomes and Clinical Research, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Elsdon StoreySchool of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Joanne RyanSchool of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Monash University · AUHennepin Healthcare Research Institute · USRush University Medical Center · US

Funding

ASPirin in Reducing Events in the ElderlyU01AG029824 · NIA · HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI MCNEIL, JOHN JAMES, MURRAY, ANNE M · 2009 to 2018
$64.6M
Main Administrative CoreU19AG062682 · NIA · HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI CHAN, ANDREW T, MCNEIL, JOHN JAMES · 2019 to 2023
$42.9M
NIA NIH HHS U01 AG029824NIA NIH HHS U19 AG062682
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: There is variability across individuals in cognitive aging. To investigate the associations of several modifiable factors with high and low cognitive performance. Methods: Data came from 17,724 community-dwelling individuals aged 65-98 years. Global cognition, verbal fluency, episodic memory, and psychomotor speed were assessed over up to seven years. Group-based multi-trajectory modeling identified distinct cognitive trajectories. Structural equation modeling examined the direct/indirect associations of social/behavioral factors and several chronic conditions with cognitive trajectories. Results: Seven trajectory subgroups were identified. In the structural equation modeling we compared two subgroups-participants with the highest (14.2%) and lowest (4.1%) cognitive performance with the average subgroup. Lower education, never alcohol intake, and frailty directly predicted increased risk of low performance, and decreased likelihood of high performance. Hypertension (RR: 0.69, 95%CI: 0.60-0.80), obesity (RR: 0.84, 95%CI: 0.73-0.97), diabetes (RR: 0.69, 95%CI: 0.56-0.86) and depression (RR: 0.68, 95%CI: 0.54-0.85) only predicted lower likelihood of high cognitive performance, while dyslipidemia was only associated with low performance (RR: 1.30, 95%CI: 1.07-1.57). Living alone predicted increased risk of low cognitive performance and several comorbidities. Smoking did not predict cognitive trajectories but was associated with increased risk of diabetes, obesity and frailty. Findings were similar when examining the direct associations between modifiable risk factors and all seven cognitive subgroups. Conclusions: Although several modifiable factors were associated with high performance, and reversely with low performance, this was not observed for obesity, hypertension and dyslipidemia. Further, health behaviors may affect cognitive function indirectly,

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agingassociationbehaviorcognitive functionsocial supportstructural equation modeling

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