Relationship of Demographic and Health Factors to Cognition in Older Adults in the ACTIVE Study

Discussion: Age, education, and race are consistently associated with cognitive performance in this sample of older community-dwelling adults. Diabetes, stroke, and suspected clinical depression had independent but weaker effects on cognition.

Source: Journal of Aging and Health - January 2, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Rexroth, D. F., Tennstedt, S. L., Jones, R. N., Guey, L. T., Rebok, G. W., Marsiske, M. M., Xu, Y., Unverzagt, F. W. Tags: Articles Source Type: research