Associations between AHA's Life's Essential 8 and cognition in midlife and older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study evaluated the associations between Life's Essential 8 (LE8) and cognitive performance, and compared the strength of the relationships of Life's Simple 7 (LS7) and LE8 to cognition in midlife and older adults.

Methods

Participants (N = 1539) were from the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) study. Cross-sectional multivariable regression examined the associations between LE8 and cognition. Secondary analyses compared model performance between LE8 and LS7 measures on cognition from the same available sample.

Results

Higher LE8 scores were associated with better global cognitive performance, working memory, and attention. The LS7 model outperformed the LE8 model on global cognitive performance, but the LE8 mod

SUBMITTER: Master L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667537 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature