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ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2025

Life-space mobility and cognition in community-dwelling late-life women: A cross-sectional analysis.

Kerry M Sheets, Allyson M Kats, Howard A Fink, Lisa Langsetmo, Kristine Yaffe, Kristine E Ensrud

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Kerry M SheetsGeriatric Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Allyson M KatsDivision of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Howard A FinkDepartment of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Lisa LangsetmoDepartment of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Kristine YaffeDepartment of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Kristine E EnsrudDepartment of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9069-3036

Funding

Study of Osteoporotic FracturesR01AG005407 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · PI CUMMINGS, STEVEN RON, YAFFE, KRISTINE · 1986 to 2016
$23.2M
Study of Osteoporotic FracturesR01AG005394 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI ENSRUD, KRISTINE · 1986 to 2015
$6.1M
STUDY OF OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES: VERTEBRAL FRACTURESR01AR035583 · NIAMS · KAISER FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI HILLIER, TERESA A · 1986 to 2005
$3.2M
Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF)R01AG027574 · NIA · KAISER FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI HILLIER, TERESA A · 2006 to 2015
$2.6M
Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF)-Pittsburgh ClinicR01AG027576 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CAULEY, JANE ANN · 2006 to 2015
$2.4M
Study of Osteoporotic FracturesR01AR035582 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CAULEY, JANE · 1986 to 2005
$2.4M
Study of Osteoporotic FracturesR01AR035584 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI HOCHBERG, MARC C. · 1986 to 2005
$2.1M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLife-space mobility captures the daily, enacted mobility of older adults. We determined cross-sectional associations between life-space mobility and cognitive impairment (CI) among community-dwelling women in the 9th and 10th decades of life.

methodsA total of 1375 (mean age 88 years; 88% White) community-dwelling women enrolled in a prospective cohort of older women. Life-space score was calculated with range 0 (daily restriction to one's bedroom) to 120 (daily trips leaving town without assistance) and categorized (0-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-120). The primary outcome was adjudicated CI defined as mild cognitive impairment or dementia; scores on a 6-test cognitive battery were secondary outcomes.

resultsCompared to women with life-space scores of 81-120 and after adjustment for demographics and depressive symptoms, the odds of CI was 1.4-fold (OR 1.36, 95% CI 0.91-2.03) higher for women with life-space scores of 61-80, twofold (OR 1.98, 95% CI 1.33-2.94) higher for women with life-space scores of 41-60, 2.6-fold (OR 2.62, 95% CI 1.71-4.01) higher for women with life-space scores of 21-40, and 2.7-fold (OR 2.71, 95% CI 1.27-5.79) higher for women with life-space scores of 0-20. The association of life-space scores with adjudicated CI was primarily due to higher odds of dementia; the odds of dementia versus normal cognition was eightfold (OR 8.63, 95% CI 3.20-23.26) higher among women with life-space scores of 0-20 compared to women with life-space scores of 81-120. Lower life-space scores were associated in a graded manner with lower mean scores on tests of delayed recall (California Verbal Learning Test-II delayed recall) and language and executive function (phonemic fluency, category fluency, and Trails B). Life-space score was not associated with scores on tests of attention and working memory (forward and backward digit span).

conclusionsLower life-space mobility is associated in a graded manner with CI among community-dwelling White women in the 9th and 10th decades of life.

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Activities of Daily LivingCognitionCognitive DysfunctionIndependent LivingMobility LimitationAgedAged, 80 and overCross-Sectional StudiesDementiaFemaleHumansProspective Studiescognitive impairmentdementialife‐space mobility

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PMCPMC11734094

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