Association of Vision Impairment With Cognitive Decline Across Multiple Domains in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Associations between visual and global cognitive impairments have been previously documented, but there is limited research examining these associations between multiple measures of vision across cognitive domains.

Objective

To examine the association between vision and cognitive across multiple cognitive domains using multiple measures of vision.

Design, setting, and participants

This longitudinal cohort study used data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging for 2003 to 2019. Participants in the current study were aged 60 to 94 years with vision and cognitive measures. Data analysis was performed from May 2020 to May 2021.

Main outcomes and measures

Cognitive function was measured across multiple domains, including language, memory, attentio

SUBMITTER: Varadaraj V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8285732 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature