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Cognitive correlates of mortality — evidence from a population-based sample of very old adults
Author(s)	Brent J Small, Lars Bäckman
Journal title	Psychology and Aging, vol 12, no 2, June 1997
Pages	pp 309-313
Keywords	Cognitive processes ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Death ; Over 70s ; Living in the community ; Correlation ; Sweden.
Annotation	The authors examined performance on memory, visuo-spatial and verbal tasks, and subsequent mortality in a sample of adults aged 75-95 years - 178 living and 44 deceased - from the Kungsholmen Project in Sweden. Mean-level analyses revealed mortality group differences for all domains of cognitive functioning. A Cox regression analysis, independent of age, gender, education, functional ability, and chronic illness, indicated that measures of word recognition and category fluency were significant predictors of mortality status. The results indicate a relationship between cognitive performance and subsequent mortality status in very old age, and suggest that episodic memory and verbal skill may be particularly sensitive in predicting such effects.
Accession Number	CPA-971120261 A
Classmark	DA: DB: CW: BBK: K4: 49: 76P
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