Cognitive health expectancies of cardiovascular risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cognitive health expectancy estimates the proportion of the lifespan that is lived in good cognitive health at the population level. A number of cardiovascular diseases have been identified to be risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia including diabetes, stroke, heart diseases and hypertension. The aim of this study was to examine how these cardiovascular conditions relate to cognitive health expectancy.

Methods

Longitudinal data were obtained from the US Health and Retirement Study. Multistate modelling was used to estimate total life expectancy (LE), cognitive impairment free life expectancy (CIFLE) and years spent with cognitive impairment (CILE) across self-reported diabetes, hypertension, heart problems and stroke. Individual and cumulative effects o

SUBMITTER: Zheng L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7793598 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature