The Metabolic Syndrome and Cognitive Performance: The Northern Manhattan Study | Zendy

Julio R. Vieira | Zendy; Mitchell S.V. Elkind | Zendy; Yeseon Park Moon | Zendy; Tatjana Rundek | Zendy; Bernadette BodenAlbala | Zendy; Myunghee Cho Paik | Zendy; Ralph L. Sacco | Zendy; Clinton B. Wright | Zendy

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The Metabolic Syndrome and Cognitive Performance: The Northern Manhattan Study

Author(s) -

Julio R. Vieira,

Mitchell S.V. Elkind,

Yeseon Park Moon,

Tatjana Rundek,

Bernadette BodenAlbala,

Myunghee Cho Paik,

Ralph L. Sacco,

Clinton B. Wright

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

neuroepidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217

H-Index - 87

eISSN - 1423-0208

pISSN - 0251-5350

DOI - 10.1159/000332208

Subject(s) - medicine , metabolic syndrome , confounding , logistic regression , national cholesterol education program , diabetes mellitus , population , demography , ethnic group , gerontology , obesity , endocrinology , environmental health , sociology , anthropology

The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a risk factor for diabetes, stroke, myocardial infarction, and increased mortality, and has been associated with cognition in some populations. We hypothesized that MetS would be associated with lower Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores in a multi-ethnic population, and that MetS is a better predictor of cognition than its individual components or diabetes.

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