Smoking Status and Cognitive Function in a National Sample of Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To examine the correlation between smoking status and different domains of cognitive function in elderly Americans.

Methods

We used data from the 2011 to 2014 U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Participants over 60 years with available smoking history and cognitive function data were enrolled in our analysis. The NHANES study included the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) assessment, the Animal Fluency Test (AFT), and the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) to assess cognition. Multivariate regression analyses were used to estimate the association between cigarette smoking and cognitive function.

Results

A total of 2,932 participants were enrolled in the analysis, including 372 (12.7%) current smoker

SUBMITTER: Zhang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9301276 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature