A principal component model of medical health: Implications for cognitive deficits and decline among adults in a population-based sample
| Autor: | Åke Wahlin, Matti Viitanen, Ove Almkvist, Ninni Persson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Adult
Blood Glucose Male Gerontology Aging Health Status Memory Episodic Thyrotropin Neuropsychological Tests Cognition Folic Acid Memory Cognitive change Humans ta319 Prospective Studies Cognitive decline skin and connective tissue diseases Triglycerides Applied Psychology Aged Aged 80 and over Principal Component Analysis Causal relations Age Factors Population based sample Middle Aged ta3124 Thyroxine Health psychology Cholesterol Cross-Sectional Studies Mental Recall Principal component analysis Dementia Female sense organs Medical health Cognition Disorders Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Health Psychology. 18:1268-1287 |
| ISSN: | 1461-7277 1359-1053 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1359105312459877 |
| Popis: | Longitudinal blood- and cognitive data from 879 adults were analyzed to extract a multidimensional health structure for prediction of cognitive change. Six health components were identified and replicated at two waves. Following, cognitive outcomes were regressed on the health components. Large proportions of cognitive age related variations were accounted for by baseline health in both cross-sectional and prospective analyses. Less variation was accounted for when health change and cognitive change were contrasted. Cardiovascular health was particularly important for prediction of cognitive change. Our study underlines causal relations between health and cognitive functions, and suggests that some effects are long term. |
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