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Bidirectional Association Between Lifestyle and Cognitive Function in Aging Adults.

Young-Myoung Lim¹, Ji-Hyuk Park²

¹Woosuk University, Wanju, Republic of Korea.

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Summary

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is linked to better cognitive health in middle-aged and older adults. This longitudinal study found that lifestyle significantly impacts cognitive function over time.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

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Cognitive Neuroscience
Public Health

Background:

Existing research on lifestyle and cognitive health is often unidirectional and cross-sectional.
There's a need to understand multidimensional and bidirectional relationships over time.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the longitudinal, multidimensional, and bidirectional associations between lifestyle factors and cognitive function in middle- and older adults.
To examine how lifestyle influences cognitive maintenance and how cognitive decline may affect lifestyle.

Main Methods:

Utilized data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (2006-2020).
Employed cross-lagged panel models (CLPM) and random intercept CLPM (RI-CLPM) using Mplus 8.9.
Assessed physiological and psychosocial lifestyle factors and cognitive function via the Korean version of the Mini-Mental State Examination (K-MMSE), adjusting for covariates.

Main Results:

Cross-lagged panel models revealed significant lagged effects of lifestyle on cognition across study waves.
Random intercept CLPM confirmed a stable, positive effect of lifestyle on cognitive function.
While a multidimensional lifestyle supported cognitive maintenance, cognitive decline showed variable, non-significant influences on lifestyle.

Conclusions:

A sustained, multidimensional lifestyle is crucial for cognitive maintenance in aging populations.
The relationship between lifestyle and cognitive health is predominantly unidirectional, with lifestyle influencing cognition more consistently than vice versa.
Findings highlight the importance of promoting healthy lifestyles for long-term cognitive well-being.