Journal
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 6, Pages 559-569Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.22.6.559
Keywords
cognition; diabetes; cardiovascular health; aging
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- NIA NIH HHS [AG-16201] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [R01AG016201, R56AG016201] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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This study documented findings on the relation between cognitive functioning (perceptual speed, memory, fluency, and knowledge) and cardiovascular and metabolic disease in a sample of very old adults (ages 70 and older), both cross-sectionally (n = 516) and longitudinally (n = 206) in a 4-year follow-up. After age, SES, sex, and dementia status were controlled for, 4 diagnoses were negatively associated with cognition: congestive heart failure, stroke, coronary heart disease, and diabetes mellitus, with a joint effect of 0.47 standard deviations. The impact of disease status was largest on perceptual speed and fluency, memory was impacted only by diabetes, and knowledge was not related to any somatic diagnosis. There was no differential decline in participants diagnosed with I of these 4 diseases and those who were not. The only cardiovascular risk factor associated with cognitive performance was alcohol consumption.
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