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  • Cognitive decline and dementia risk are influenced by lifestyle, cardiovascular, and psychosocial factors.
  • Understanding modifiable risk factors is crucial for preventing cognitive impairment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the independent associations of various modifiable risk factors with processing speed decline.
  • To analyze these associations across three large, population-based cohorts with long-term follow-up.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from 9,666 participants across three Dutch cohort studies.
  • Assessed processing speed decline using the letter digit substitution or alphabet coding task, modeled with quadratic latent growth curves.
  • Examined associations between modifiable risk factors and both the level and rate of processing speed decline.

Main Results:

  • Processing speed decline accelerated with age.
  • Smoking, alcohol abstinence, and depressive symptoms were linked to lower processing speed across all cohorts.
  • Higher BMI, diabetes, and excessive alcohol consumption were associated with lower processing speed in some cohorts.
  • Depressive symptoms and diabetes were additionally associated with a faster rate of processing speed decline.

Conclusions:

  • Multiple modifiable risk factors are associated with the level of processing speed in older adults.
  • A smaller subset of these factors also influences the rate of cognitive decline.