Risk factors for executive function impairment in adolescence: an analysis of data from the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate risk factors associated with impaired attention-related executive functions (EFs) at age 11 and working memory at age 15.

Methods

Data from participants of the population-based 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort at ages 11 (n=3,582) and 15 (n=1,950) were analyzed. The study measured attentional control, cognitive flexibility, and selective attention using the Test of Everyday Attention for Children (TEA-Ch). Spatial working memory was assessed by the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB). Logistic regression was employed to explore the relationship between perinatal and childhood exposures and EF impairment.

Results

Low maternal education had a significant negative impact on EFs. At age 11, it was associated with decreased attent

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10897774 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature