非裔美国男性的认知与健康
Cognition and health in African American men.
作者信息
Sims Regina C, Thorpe Roland J, Gamaldo Alyssa A, Aiken-Morgan Adrienne T, Hill LaBarron K, Allaire Jason C, Whitfield Keith E
机构信息
University of Delaware, Newark, USA
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
出版信息
J Aging Health. 2015 Mar;27(2):195-219. doi: 10.1177/0898264314543474. Epub 2014 Jul 21.
OBJECTIVE
Despite high rates of poor health outcomes, little attention has been focused on associations between prominent health factors and cognitive function in African American men, exclusively. The objective was to examine relationships between cardiovascular and pulmonary health, and cognitive function in African American men.
METHOD
Data from 257 men were pooled from two studies of African American aging. The mean age of participants was 58.15 and mean educational attainment was 11.78 years. Participants provided self-reported health and demographic information, completed cognitive measures, and had their blood pressure and peak expiratory flow assessed.
RESULTS
After adjustment, significant relationships were found between average peak expiratory flow rate (APEFR) and cognitive performance measures.
DISCUSSION
Results suggest that lung function is important to consider when examining cognitive function in African American men. Understanding the role of health in cognition and implications for quality of life in this population will be critical as life expectancies increase.
目的
尽管健康状况不佳的发生率很高，但专门针对非裔美国男性的主要健康因素与认知功能之间的关联却很少受到关注。目的是研究非裔美国男性心血管和肺部健康与认知功能之间的关系。
方法
从两项关于非裔美国人老龄化的研究中汇总了257名男性的数据。参与者的平均年龄为58.岁，平均受教育年限为11.78年。参与者提供了自我报告的健康和人口统计学信息，完成了认知测试，并对他们的血压和呼气峰值流量进行了评估。
结果
调整后，发现平均呼气峰值流速（APEFR）与认知表现指标之间存在显著关系。
讨论
结果表明，在研究非裔美国男性的认知功能时，肺功能是一个重要的考虑因素。随着预期寿命的增加，了解健康在认知中的作用以及对该人群生活质量的影响将至关重要。
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