Global-cognitive health metrics: A novel approach for assessing cognition impairment in adult population.
Dementia is the supreme worldwide burden for welfare and the health care system in the 21st century. The early identification and control of the modifiable risk factors of dementia are important. Global-cognitive health (GCH) metrics, encompassing controllable cardiovascular health (CVH) and non-CVH...
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| author | Chia-Kuang Tsai Tung-Wei Kao Jiunn-Tay Lee Chung-Ching Wang Chung-Hsing Chou Chih-Sung Liang Fu-Chi Yang Wei-Liang Chen |
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| description | Dementia is the supreme worldwide burden for welfare and the health care system in the 21st century. The early identification and control of the modifiable risk factors of dementia are important. Global-cognitive health (GCH) metrics, encompassing controllable cardiovascular health (CVH) and non-CVH risk factors of dementia, is a newly developed approach to assess the risk of cognitive impairment. The components of ideal GCH metrics includes better education, non-obesity, normal blood pressure, no smoking, no depression, ideal physical activity, good social integration, normal glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and normal hearing. This study focuses on the association between ideal GCH metrics and the cognitive function in young adults by investigating the Third Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) database, which has not been reported previously. A total of 1243 participants aged 17 to 39 years were recruited in this study. Cognitive functioning was evaluated by the simple reaction time test (SRTT), symbol-digit substitution test (SDST), and serial digit learning test (SDLT). Participants with significantly higher scores of GCH metrics had better cognitive performance (p for trend <0.01 in three cognitive tests). Moreover, better education, ideal physical activity, good social integration and normal glycated hemoglobin were the optimistic components of ideal GCH metrics associated with better cognitive performance after adjusting for covariates (p < 0.05 in three cognitive tests). These findings emphasize the importance of a preventive strategy for modifiable dementia risk factors to enhance cognitive functioning during adulthood. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f78680a249d74f588613978da237e0d32022-12-22T02:02:28ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01135e019769110.1371/journal.pone.0197691Global-cognitive health metrics: A novel approach for assessing cognition impairment in adult population.Chia-Kuang TsaiTung-Wei KaoJiunn-Tay LeeChung-Ching WangChung-Hsing ChouChih-Sung LiangFu-Chi YangWei-Liang ChenDementia is the supreme worldwide burden for welfare and the health care system in the 21st century. The early identification and control of the modifiable risk factors of dementia are important. Global-cognitive health (GCH) metrics, encompassing controllable cardiovascular health (CVH) and non-CVH risk factors of dementia, is a newly developed approach to assess the risk of cognitive impairment. The components of ideal GCH metrics includes better education, non-obesity, normal blood pressure, no smoking, no depression, ideal physical activity, good social integration, normal glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and normal hearing. This study focuses on the association between ideal GCH metrics and the cognitive function in young adults by investigating the Third Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) database, which has not been reported previously. A total of 1243 participants aged 17 to 39 years were recruited in this study. Cognitive functioning was evaluated by the simple reaction time test (SRTT), symbol-digit substitution test (SDST), and serial digit learning test (SDLT). Participants with significantly higher scores of GCH metrics had better cognitive performance (p for trend <0.01 in three cognitive tests). Moreover, better education, ideal physical activity, good social integration and normal glycated hemoglobin were the optimistic components of ideal GCH metrics associated with better cognitive performance after adjusting for covariates (p < 0.05 in three cognitive tests). These findings emphasize the importance of a preventive strategy for modifiable dementia risk factors to enhance cognitive functioning during adulthood.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5973572?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Chia-Kuang Tsai Tung-Wei Kao Jiunn-Tay Lee Chung-Ching Wang Chung-Hsing Chou Chih-Sung Liang Fu-Chi Yang Wei-Liang Chen Global-cognitive health metrics: A novel approach for assessing cognition impairment in adult population. PLoS ONE |
| title | Global-cognitive health metrics: A novel approach for assessing cognition impairment in adult population. |
| title_full | Global-cognitive health metrics: A novel approach for assessing cognition impairment in adult population. |
| title_fullStr | Global-cognitive health metrics: A novel approach for assessing cognition impairment in adult population. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global-cognitive health metrics: A novel approach for assessing cognition impairment in adult population. |
| title_short | Global-cognitive health metrics: A novel approach for assessing cognition impairment in adult population. |
| title_sort | global cognitive health metrics a novel approach for assessing cognition impairment in adult population |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5973572?pdf=render |
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