Metabolic Syndrome and Neurocognition Among Diverse Middle-Aged and Older Hispanics/Latinos: HCHS/SOL Results.
Hector M GonzálezWassim TarrafPriscilla VásquezAshley H SanderlinNatalya I RosenbergSonia DavisCarlos J RodríguezLinda C GalloBharat ThyagarajanMartha DaviglusTasneem KhambatyJianwen CaiNeil SchneidermanPublished in: Diabetes care (2018)
We found that MetS was associated with lower neurocognitive function, particularly in midlife. Our findings support and extend current hypotheses that midlife may be a particularly vulnerable developmental period for unhealthy neurocognitive aging.