Metabolic Syndrome Is Associated With Poor Cognition: A Population-Based Study of 70-Year-Old Adults Without Dementia.
Anna MarsegliaAlexander Darin-MattssonJohan SkoogLina RydénTimothy Hadarsson-BodinSilke KernTherese Rydberg SternerYing ShangAnna ZettergrenEric WestmanIngmar SkoogPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (2022)
MetS is associated with poor attention/perceptual speed, executive function, and verbal fluency performance. Education, apolipoprotein E-ε4 allele, and comorbid cardiovascular disease influenced the observed associations.