[PDF] Top 20 Relationships between cognitive function and body composition among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study

... to cognitive function. First, body fat contains sex hormones and leptin, which may contribute to prevention of cognitive decline in older adults ...previous study re- ... See full document

... normal older adults and those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) [3, ...require cognitive engagement such as writing, cook- ing, gardening, making craft-works, and playing instru- ... See full document

... first study to date to pro- vide national level estimates of depression treatment among community-dwelling older adults with stroke and co- occurring ...the study sample ... See full document

... Of the 210 participants, 139 (66%) were women. The mean age was 73.4 years (standard deviation = 5.9, range: 65–89). All the subjects lived autonomously and were retired. Most of them (52%) were married. Forty-one ... See full document

... 164 older adults aged 60 years and residing in low-cost housing areas, ie, Kuala Lumpur City Hall Flat Hous- ing Area, Zone 1, Cheras, were invited to participate in this cross-sectional ... See full document

... our study. Impaired function of the balance system might have caused both the dizzi- ness and the impaired physical ...association between dizziness and both the SPPB and a reduced grip ... See full document

... this study [4], we thought that selecting social role as a dependent variable was not appropriate due to the problem of ...in community-dwelling older people [10, 11, 39], we considered that ... See full document

... present study has several limitations. First, the cross-sectional design made it difficult to interpret the cause-effect relationship of the association between physical frailty and ...current ... See full document

... Our study benefits from the inclusion of community- dwelling frail, older adults with diabetes mellitus who are eligible for nursing home admission and the evalu- ation of a wide array ... See full document

... Our study has several limitations. First, the findings drawn from community-dwelling older adults might not be generalizable to those living in elderly ...this study were ...and ... See full document

... measurements between men and women using the Student’s ...correlations between the isometric knee exten- sion strength and each of the other factors (SMI, walking speed, grip strength, ... See full document

... Many cross-sectional studies demonstrated the rela- tionship between general cognitive function and physical frailty [6], although less consistently with dementia ...with ... See full document

... this study should be considered when interpreting the ...antly, cross-sectional data were collected, preventing the inference of causal ...longitudinal relationships among ... See full document

... Myostatin is a highly conserved member of the trans- forming growth factor-β family functioning as a potent negative regulator of growth, and it is highly concen- trated in skeletal muscles. Since the discovery of ... See full document

... poor cognitive status, and two or more clinic visits in the past month were identified as risk factors for depression and falling in older primary care clinic patients ...physical function (repeated ... See full document

... 2]. Among older adults, physical activity (PA) includes recreational or leisure-time activity, transportation, occupation, household chores, play, games, sports, and planned exer- cise in the context ... See full document

... This study has a number of ...with cognitive function, which has rarely been studied ...association between gender and smartphone use on multi-domain cognition was de- tected, which offers a ... See full document

... plaque thickens, increases the risk of oral diseases. Nor- mally, the human oral microflora is predominately com- prises Gram-positive bacteria. However, oropharyngeal colonization with Gram-positive bacteria has been ... See full document

... Low body mass index (BMI) in the elderly was associated with the pathological severity of Alz- heimer’s disease upon postmortem examination (14) as well as more rapid onset of cognitive im- pairment (15), ... See full document

... renal function were not included in our study and may provide clarity on the relationship between vitamin D and musculoskeletal health given known influences on vitamin D, calcium and bone mineral ... See full document