Association between cognitive function and body composition in older adults: data from NHANES (1999–2002)
AimTo investigate the association between cognitive function and body composition in older adults.MethodsWe collected data on 2080 older adults (>60 years of age) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the years 1999–2000 and 2001–2002. Candidate variables incl...
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| author | Lianghua Chen Liling Zou Jingwen Chen Yixiao Wang Dandan Liu Lianjun Yin Junqi Chen Haihong Li |
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| description | AimTo investigate the association between cognitive function and body composition in older adults.MethodsWe collected data on 2080 older adults (>60 years of age) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the years 1999–2000 and 2001–2002. Candidate variables included: demographic data (sex, age, race, education level, marital status, poverty-to-income ratio), alcohol consumption, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, total bone mineral density, and total fat mass. A logistic regression model was established to analyze the association between cognitive function and body composition in older adults. In addition, stratified logics regression analysis was performed by sex and age.ResultsBone mineral density significantly affects cognitive function in older adults (p<0.01). When examining the data according to sex, this correlation is present for women (p < 0.01). For men, though, it is not significant (p = 0.081). Stratified by age, total bone mineral density was significantly correlated with cognitive function in 60–70 and 70–80 years old people, but not in older adults older than 80 years(for 60–70 years old, p = 0.019; for 70–80 years old, p = 0.022). There was no significant correlation between total bone mineral density and cognitive function (p = 0.575).ConclusionThe decrease of total bone mineral density was significantly correlated with cognitive decline in the older adults, especially among women and older people in the 60 to 80 age group. There was no connection between total fat mass, total percent fat, total lean mass, appendicular lean mass, appendicular lean mass /BMI and cognitive function in the older adults. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b668f395cb94cc8b72c109177c926222024-03-20T04:33:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience1663-43652024-03-011610.3389/fnagi.2024.13725831372583Association between cognitive function and body composition in older adults: data from NHANES (1999–2002)Lianghua Chen0Liling Zou1Jingwen Chen2Yixiao Wang3Dandan Liu4Lianjun Yin5Junqi Chen6Haihong Li7Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Sixth People’s Hospital of Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong Province, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, ChinaAimTo investigate the association between cognitive function and body composition in older adults.MethodsWe collected data on 2080 older adults (>60 years of age) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the years 1999–2000 and 2001–2002. Candidate variables included: demographic data (sex, age, race, education level, marital status, poverty-to-income ratio), alcohol consumption, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, total bone mineral density, and total fat mass. A logistic regression model was established to analyze the association between cognitive function and body composition in older adults. In addition, stratified logics regression analysis was performed by sex and age.ResultsBone mineral density significantly affects cognitive function in older adults (p<0.01). When examining the data according to sex, this correlation is present for women (p < 0.01). For men, though, it is not significant (p = 0.081). Stratified by age, total bone mineral density was significantly correlated with cognitive function in 60–70 and 70–80 years old people, but not in older adults older than 80 years(for 60–70 years old, p = 0.019; for 70–80 years old, p = 0.022). There was no significant correlation between total bone mineral density and cognitive function (p = 0.575).ConclusionThe decrease of total bone mineral density was significantly correlated with cognitive decline in the older adults, especially among women and older people in the 60 to 80 age group. There was no connection between total fat mass, total percent fat, total lean mass, appendicular lean mass, appendicular lean mass /BMI and cognitive function in the older adults.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2024.1372583/fullcognitive functionbody compositiontotal bone mineral densityNational Health and Nutrition Examination Surveyolder adults |
| spellingShingle | Lianghua Chen Liling Zou Jingwen Chen Yixiao Wang Dandan Liu Lianjun Yin Junqi Chen Haihong Li Association between cognitive function and body composition in older adults: data from NHANES (1999–2002) Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience cognitive function body composition total bone mineral density National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey older adults |
| title | Association between cognitive function and body composition in older adults: data from NHANES (1999–2002) |
| title_full | Association between cognitive function and body composition in older adults: data from NHANES (1999–2002) |
| title_fullStr | Association between cognitive function and body composition in older adults: data from NHANES (1999–2002) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between cognitive function and body composition in older adults: data from NHANES (1999–2002) |
| title_short | Association between cognitive function and body composition in older adults: data from NHANES (1999–2002) |
| title_sort | association between cognitive function and body composition in older adults data from nhanes 1999 2002 |
| topic | cognitive function body composition total bone mineral density National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey older adults |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2024.1372583/full |
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