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    The association of metabolic syndrome and aging with cognition in Asian men

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    Authors
    Goh, Victor
    Hart, William
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Goh, V. and Hart, W. 2014. The association of metabolic syndrome and aging with cognition in Asian men. The Aging Male. 17 (4): pp. 216-222.
    Source Title
    The Aging Male
    DOI
    10.3109/13685538.2014.968772
    ISSN
    1368-5538
    School
    Department of Medical Education
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    Copyright © 2014 Copyright Informa UK Ltd. Published by Informa UK

    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25181
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Background: The present cross-sectional study examined the associations of individual metabolic factors and age with the short-term memory and perceptual capacity in 472 healthy Asian men. Methods: The symbol digit and digit span tests from the Swedish Performance Evaluation System were used to assess the perceptual capacity and memory cognitive domains. Linear regression with the stepwise method, and multivariate analyses of the General Linear Model with the Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons were carried out with the SPSS 21.0 package. Results: High blood pressure and HDL were not significantly associated with either short-term memory or perceptual capacity. Age and glucose level were negatively associated but regular physical exercise was positively associated with perceptual capacity. On the other hand, high triglyceride level (TG) was positively associated but high waist/height ratio was negatively associated with short-term memory. When men without any component of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) were compared with men with one, two or three or more components of MetS, no significant differences in cognitive performance were noted. Conclusion: Not all the metabolic factors were significantly associated with short-term memory or the perceptual capacity domains. Those that were did not show a sufficiently consistent pattern of association to support a role for MetS as a whole in cognitive decline with aging. It may not be meaningful to evaluate the association of MetS as a whole with cognition.

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