Self-reported health behaviors and longitudinal cognitive performance in late middle age: Results from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies have suggested associations between self-reported engagement in health behaviors and reduced risk of cognitive decline. Most studies explore these relationships using one health behavior, often cross-sectionally or with dementia as the outcome. In this study, we explored whether several individual self-reported health behaviors were associated with cognitive decline when considered simultaneously, using data from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention (WRAP), an Alzheimer's disease risk-enriched cohort who were non-demented and in late midlife at baseline.

Method

We analyzed longitudinal cognitive data from 828 participants in WRAP, with a mean age at baseline cognitive assessment of 57 (range = 36-78, sd = 6.8) and an average of 6.3 years (stan

SUBMITTER: Mueller KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7179879 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature