Cognitive and physical functions among Chinese community-dwelling older adults with motoric cognitive risk syndrome: A prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This prospective cohort study examined the change trajectories of cognitive and physical functions of individuals with motoric cognitive risk (MCR) syndrome, as well as the longitudinal associations between MCR syndrome and changes in cognitive and physical functions, to provide a new perspective on preventing dementia.

Methods

Participants were selected from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). Demographic characteristics, health status, and lifestyle variables were assessed in 2011. MCR syndrome was defined as the presence of subjective cognitive complaints and objective slow gait, with preserved activities of daily living and absence of dementia, and assessed in 2011. Cognitive function, including orientation, attention and calculation,

SUBMITTER: Wu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684749 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature