The Effect of Neurobehavioral Test Performance on the All-Cause Mortality among US Population
Joint Authors
Chen, Wei-Liang
Peng, Tao-Chun
Wang, Chung-Ching
Yang, Ya-Hui
Liaw, Fang-Yih
Wu, Li-Wei
Chen, Ying-Jen
Wang, Gia-Chi
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-08-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Evidence of the association between global cognitive function and mortality is much, but whether specific cognitive function is related to mortality is unclear.
To address the paucity of knowledge on younger populations in the US, we analyzed the association between specific cognitive function and mortality in young and middle-aged adults.
We analyzed data from 5,144 men and women between 20 and 59 years of age in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988–94) with mortality follow-up evaluation through 2006.
Cognitive function tests, including assessments of executive function/processing speed (symbol digit substitution) and learning recall/short-term memory (serial digit learning), were performed.
All-cause mortality was the outcome of interest.
After adjusting for multiple variables, total mortality was significantly higher in males with poorer executive function/processing speed (hazard ratio (HR) 2.02; 95% confidence interval 1.36 to 2.99) and poorer recall/short-term memory (HR 1.47; 95% confidence interval 1.02 to 2.12).
After adjusting for multiple variables, the mortality risk did not significantly increase among the females in these two cognitive tests groups.
In this sample of the US population, poorer executive function/processing speed and poorer learning recall/short-term memory were significantly associated with increased mortality rates, especially in males.
This study highlights the notion that poorer specific cognitive function predicts all-cause mortality in young and middle-aged males.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Peng, Tao-Chun& Chen, Wei-Liang& Wu, Li-Wei& Chen, Ying-Jen& Liaw, Fang-Yih& Wang, Gia-Chi…[et al.]. 2016. The Effect of Neurobehavioral Test Performance on the All-Cause Mortality among US Population. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098262
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Peng, Tao-Chun…[et al.]. The Effect of Neurobehavioral Test Performance on the All-Cause Mortality among US Population. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098262
American Medical Association (AMA)
Peng, Tao-Chun& Chen, Wei-Liang& Wu, Li-Wei& Chen, Ying-Jen& Liaw, Fang-Yih& Wang, Gia-Chi…[et al.]. The Effect of Neurobehavioral Test Performance on the All-Cause Mortality among US Population. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098262
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1098262