The Role of Lifestyle Behaviors on 20-Year Cognitive Decline
This study examined the association between smoking, physical activity and dietary choice at 36 and 43 years, and change in these lifestyle behaviors between these ages, and decline in verbal memory and visual search speed between 43 and 60–64 years in 1018 participants from MRC National Survey of H...
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| author | D. Cadar H. Pikhart G. Mishra A. Stephen D. Kuh M. Richards |
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| description | This study examined the association between smoking, physical activity and dietary choice at 36 and 43 years, and change in these lifestyle behaviors between these ages, and decline in verbal memory and visual search speed between 43 and 60–64 years in 1018 participants from MRC National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD, the British 1946 birth cohort). ANCOVA models were adjusted for sex, social class of origin, childhood cognition, educational attainment, adult social class, and depression; then the lifestyle behaviors were additionally mutually adjusted. Results showed that healthy dietary choice and physical activity were associated, respectively, with slower memory and visual search speed decline over 20 years, with evidence that increasing physical activity was important. Adopting positive health behaviors from early midlife may be beneficial in reducing the rate of cognitive decline and ultimately reducing the risk of dementia. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c9565ca92af04e52befe3a34edb62c062025-02-03T01:25:56ZengWileyJournal of Aging Research2090-22042090-22122012-01-01201210.1155/2012/304014304014The Role of Lifestyle Behaviors on 20-Year Cognitive DeclineD. Cadar0H. Pikhart1G. Mishra2A. Stephen3D. Kuh4M. Richards5MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, London WC1B 5JU, UKFaculty of Population Health Sciences, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UKSchool of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, AustraliaMRC Human Nutrition Research, Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, 120 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge CB1 9NL, UKMRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, London WC1B 5JU, UKMRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, London WC1B 5JU, UKThis study examined the association between smoking, physical activity and dietary choice at 36 and 43 years, and change in these lifestyle behaviors between these ages, and decline in verbal memory and visual search speed between 43 and 60–64 years in 1018 participants from MRC National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD, the British 1946 birth cohort). ANCOVA models were adjusted for sex, social class of origin, childhood cognition, educational attainment, adult social class, and depression; then the lifestyle behaviors were additionally mutually adjusted. Results showed that healthy dietary choice and physical activity were associated, respectively, with slower memory and visual search speed decline over 20 years, with evidence that increasing physical activity was important. Adopting positive health behaviors from early midlife may be beneficial in reducing the rate of cognitive decline and ultimately reducing the risk of dementia.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/304014 |
| spellingShingle | D. Cadar H. Pikhart G. Mishra A. Stephen D. Kuh M. Richards The Role of Lifestyle Behaviors on 20-Year Cognitive Decline Journal of Aging Research |
| title | The Role of Lifestyle Behaviors on 20-Year Cognitive Decline |
| title_full | The Role of Lifestyle Behaviors on 20-Year Cognitive Decline |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Lifestyle Behaviors on 20-Year Cognitive Decline |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Lifestyle Behaviors on 20-Year Cognitive Decline |
| title_short | The Role of Lifestyle Behaviors on 20-Year Cognitive Decline |
| title_sort | role of lifestyle behaviors on 20 year cognitive decline |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/304014 |
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