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| The relationship between visceral adiposity and cognitive performance in older adults | | Author(s) | Dae Hyun Yoon, Seong Hye Choi, Jae Hak Yu |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 41, no 4, July 2012 |
| Pages | pp 456-461 |
| Source | http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/ http://www.bgs.org.uk/ |
| Keywords | Obesity ; 60-64 age group ; Over 70s ; Cognitive processes ; Cognitive impairment. |
| Annotation | Visceral adiposity refers to excess body fat around the stomach and abdomen. The present study aimed to investigate the associations between total and regional adiposity measured with abdominal computed tomography (CT) and cognitive performance in older adults and to explore their modification by age. 250 individuals aged 60 years and above underwent anthropometric measurements, abdominal CT and cognitive testing. Adiposity measures included body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and visceral and subcutaneous adiposity by abdominal CT. Poor cognitive performance was defined as Mini-Mental State Examination score being at or below 1 standard deviation (SD) of age, sex and education-normative values. In multivariate logistic regression analyses obesity and being in the top tertile of the visceral adiposity area were associated with poor cognitive performance in subjects younger than 70 years, but not in those 70 years and older. The authors conclude that high adiposity, particularly visceral adiposity, was associated with poor cognitive functioning in people under 70 but not in people aged 70 or older. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120814002 A |
| Classmark | CSA: BBC: BBK: DA: E4 |
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