The associations between sedentary behavior and cognition in a population cohort of older adults.

ABSTRACT: BackgroundSedentary behavior is common in older adulthood and is associated with poor health outcomes. Less is known about how sedentary behavior relates to cognition in older adulthood and how it relates to increased risk for cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD).ObjectiveWe sought to examine these associations in a large, population-based cohort of community-dwelling older adults residing in a Rust Belt region of the United States.MethodsA subset of the population-based Monongahela-Youghiogheny Healthy Aging Team (MYHAT) participants (n = 193) completed 7 days of wrist-accelerometry following comprehensive neuropsychological assessment. Cross-sectional linear regression models related sedentary time to domains of cognition. Models were adjusted by age, sex, education

SUBMITTER: Gogniat MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12829904 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature