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Highlights of Papers in Clinical Investigations Section: Vascular Risk and Cognitive Impairment in an Older, British, African‐Caribbean Population
Author(s) -
Steward R,
Richards M,
Brayne C
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49302453.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cognitive impairment , gerontology , cognition , population , association (psychology) , public health , physical therapy , environmental health , psychiatry , pathology , philosophy , epistemology
In this study, 278 adults age 55 to 75 who were born in a Caribbean nation were interviewed and examined for cardiovascular risk factors and their association with cognitive impairment. Marked differences were found between groups with low and normal/high levels of education in the strength of associations between measures of vascular risk and cognitive impairment. However, physical activity was negatively associated with cognitive impairment. Physical exercise may be an important public health strategy in reducing the burden of cognitive impairment.