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P4‐454: CONTRIBUTIONS OF MATERNAL EDUCATION TO MIDDLE‐ AND LATE‐LIFE COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE
Author(s) -
Bertola Laiss,
Bensenor Isabela M.,
Lotufo Paulo A.,
Suemoto Claudia K.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.4126
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , cognition , path analysis (statistics) , context (archaeology) , psychology , educational attainment , developmental psychology , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , gerontology , demography , medicine , population , psychiatry , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , sociology , economics , economic growth , paleontology , biology
2019. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) was performed and Global cognitive function was assessed with the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). Nutrition status was analyzed via the Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF). Results: The mean age was 78.2267.8 years and 44.5% were men. MNASF score was positively correlated with MMSE score (r1⁄4 0.37,P < 0.001). Prevalence of malnutrition and risk for malnutrition were 8.73% and 33.99%. The meanMMSE score of the good nutrition status group (MNA-SF > 11) was 26.1664.31, the malnutrition risk group (8 MNA-SF 11) was 23.0666.4 and the malnutrition group (MNA-SF < 8) was 20.2367.45. Conclusions: The results of this study show that malnutrition is relevant to cognition impairment. The implication of this is the possibility that malnutrition is an important driving factor of cognitive decline. Thus the patients with cognition impairment should paymore attention on nutritional status.