Intellectual ability in young adulthood as an antecedent of physical functioning in older age.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

low cognitive ability is associated with subsequent functional disability. Whether this association extends across adult life has been little studied. The aim of this study was to examine the association between intellectual ability in young adulthood and physical functioning during a 10-year follow-up in older age.

Methods

three hundred and sixty persons of the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study (HBCS) male members, born between 1934 and 1944 and residing in Finland in 1971, took part in The Finnish Defence Forces Basic Intellectual Ability Test during the first 2 weeks of their military service training between 1952 and 1972. Their physical functioning was assessed twice using the Short Form 36 (SF-36) questionnaire at average ages of 61 and 71 years. A longitudinal pa

SUBMITTER: Poranen-Clark T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5038877 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature