Relating Education, Brain Structure, and Cognition : The Role of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
Joint Authors
Janke, Andrew L.
Anstey, Kaarin J.
Burns, Richard
Cherbuin, Nicolas
Sachdev, Perminder S.
Mortby, Moyra E.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-08-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The protective effect of education on cognitive and brain health is well established.
While the direct effects of individual cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors (i.e., hypertension, smoking, diabetes, and obesity) on cerebral structure have been investigated, little is understood about the possible interaction between the protective effect of education and the deleterious effects of CVD risk factors in predicting brain ageing and cognition.
Using data from the PATH Through Life study (N=266), we investigated the protective effect of education on cerebral structure and function and tested a possible mediating role of CVD risk factors.
Higher education was associated with larger regional grey/white matter volumes in the prefrontal cortex in men only.
The association between education and cognition was mediated by brain volumes but only for grey matter and only in relation to information processing speed.
CVD risk factors did not mediate the association between regional volumes and cognition.
This study provides additional evidence in support for a protective effect of education on cerebral structures and cognition.
However, it does not provide support for a mediating role of CVD risk factors in these associations.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mortby, Moyra E.& Burns, Richard& Janke, Andrew L.& Sachdev, Perminder S.& Anstey, Kaarin J.& Cherbuin, Nicolas. 2014. Relating Education, Brain Structure, and Cognition : The Role of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-13.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mortby, Moyra E.…[et al.]. Relating Education, Brain Structure, and Cognition : The Role of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors. BioMed Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-13.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Mortby, Moyra E.& Burns, Richard& Janke, Andrew L.& Sachdev, Perminder S.& Anstey, Kaarin J.& Cherbuin, Nicolas. Relating Education, Brain Structure, and Cognition : The Role of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors. BioMed Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-459201
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-459201