TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship of Demographic and Health Factors to Cognition in Older Adults in the ACTIVE Study
AU - Rexroth, Daniel F.
AU - Unverzagt, Frederick W.
AU - Tennstedt, Sharon L.
AU - Guey, Lin T.
AU - xu, Yan
AU - Jones, Richard N.
AU - Jones, Richard N.
AU - Rebok, George W.
AU - Rebok, George W.
AU - Marsiske, Michael M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by the National Institute of Nursing Research (U01 NR04508 and U01 NR04507) and the National Institute on Aging (U01 AG14260, U01 AG14282, U01 AG14263, U01 AG14289, U01 AG014276, and R01 AG026096).
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - Objective: Examine the relationship of demographics and health conditions, alone and in combination, on objective measures of cognitive function in a large sample of community-dwelling older adults. Method: Baseline data from 2,782 participants in the Advanced Cognitive Training in Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) study were used to examine relationships of demographics and health conditions with composite scores of memory, reasoning, and speed of processing. Results: Younger age, increased education, and White race were independently associated with better performance in each cognitive domain after adjusting for gender and health conditions. Male gender, diabetes, and suspected clinical depression were associated with poorer cognitive functioning; suspected clinical depression was associated with lower reasoning and diabetes and history of stroke with slower speed of processing. Discussion: Age, education, and race are consistently associated with cognitive performance in this sample of older community-dwelling adults. Diabetes, stroke, and suspected clinical depression had independent but weaker effects on cognition.
AB - Objective: Examine the relationship of demographics and health conditions, alone and in combination, on objective measures of cognitive function in a large sample of community-dwelling older adults. Method: Baseline data from 2,782 participants in the Advanced Cognitive Training in Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) study were used to examine relationships of demographics and health conditions with composite scores of memory, reasoning, and speed of processing. Results: Younger age, increased education, and White race were independently associated with better performance in each cognitive domain after adjusting for gender and health conditions. Male gender, diabetes, and suspected clinical depression were associated with poorer cognitive functioning; suspected clinical depression was associated with lower reasoning and diabetes and history of stroke with slower speed of processing. Discussion: Age, education, and race are consistently associated with cognitive performance in this sample of older community-dwelling adults. Diabetes, stroke, and suspected clinical depression had independent but weaker effects on cognition.
KW - cognitive aging
KW - cognitive functioning
KW - memory
KW - older adults
KW - reasoning
KW - speed
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U2 - 10.1177/0898264313498415
DO - 10.1177/0898264313498415
M3 - Article
C2 - 24385633
AN - SCOPUS:84897573231
SN - 0898-2643
VL - 25
SP - 128S-146S
JO - Journal of Aging and Health
JF - Journal of Aging and Health
ER -