- Title
- Ideal cardiovascular health and cognitive test performance: Testing a modified index of Life's Simple 7 among older Chinese adults
- Creator
- Gildner, Theresa E.; Ng, Nawi; Wu, Fan; Guo, Yanfei; Snodgrass, J. Josh; Kowal, Paul
- Relation
- Frontiers in Public Health Vol. 6, no. 352
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00352
- Publisher
- Frontiers Research Foundation
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- Evidence suggests that cognitive decline in older adults is influenced by cardiovascular health (CVH), with metabolic and vascular mechanisms hypothesized to underlie the etiology of cognitive impairment. Research in high-income nations suggests that improved CVH is linked with decreased cognitive impairment risk, but it is unclear if this pattern is evident in low-income countries. Nationally-representative data collected in China were drawn from the World Health Organization's Study on global AGing and adult health Wave 1 (2007–2010; n = 11,295). Seven CVH factors were classified as “ideal” or “not ideal”: smoking and drinking frequency, body mass index, physical activity level, blood pressure, diet, and self-reported anxiety. Additionally, scores from five cognitive performance tests (immediate and delayed verbal recall, forward and backward digit span, verbal fluency) were used to create a composite cognitive function variable. Linear regression analyses tested whether ideal CVH measures were associated with higher composite cognitive performance, controlling for sociodemographic factors. As hypothesized, ideal CVH was generally associated with higher cognitive performance. Low anxiety levels and reliable access to sufficient food (including produce) were particularly associated with higher cognitive function. These results suggest early detection and controlling modifiable CVH risks may protect aging individuals in China from cognitive decline.
- Subject
- cardiovascular disease; risk factors; dementia; prevention; global aging; lifestyle; heart disease
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1409754
- Identifier
- uon:36055
- Identifier
- ISSN:2296-2565
- Rights
- © 2018 Gildner, Ng, Wu, Guo, Snodgrass and Kowal. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
- Language
- eng
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