A study found that eight life-related factors were more important than age in evaluating cognitive function.
The Cogniciti Brain Health Assessment test developed by the Baycrest Center was developed by a research team led by Professor Analizee Lafleur of the Rotman Research Institute at the Baycrest Center for Geriatric Care, Canada. According to UPI News on the 14th, this fact was revealed as a result of analyzing the data of 22,117 people (ages 18 to 89) who received the
The ‘Cognicity Brain Health Assessment’ is a test (questionnaire and 4 cognitive tasks) that can be obtained by accessing the website (https://cogniciti.com/) at home and takes regarding 20 minutes.
The research team analyzed the effect of eight life-related factors on cognitive ability, including hearing loss, drinking, smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and low education (high school graduates or younger).
Overall, one life-related risk factor was found to decrease cognitive ability by three additional years of age.
For example, if you have three life-related risk factors, your cognitive abilities will decline as you get nine more years of age.
The influence of life-related risk factors on cognitive function was found to be greater in the elderly (66-89 years old) than in the middle-aged (45-65 years) and in the younger age group (18-44 years).
58% of the younger age group and 46% of the middle-aged group had no risk factors related to life in the eighth age group.
However, most of the elderly had at least one life-related risk factor.
In particular, the researchers found that the brain health of those who did not have risk factors for dementia, such as smoking, diabetes, and hearing loss, were similar to those of those 10 to 20 years younger.
This shows that aging cannot be caught, but age in cognitive function can be caught by avoiding preventable life risk factors.
The results of this study were published in the latest issue of Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Disease Monitoring, a journal of the American Alzheimer’s Association.
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