体重指数和认知功能下降:探索关系的关系
Tanveer Kaur1, Piyush Ranjan2, Gauri S Kaloiya3
1Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, India.
Journal of education and health promotion
|September 13, 2024
概括
较高的身体质量指数 (BMI) 与印度成年人的认知功能较差有关. 这包括视觉空间技能,注意力,语言,抽象,记忆和定向方面的缺陷,突出显示了剂量效应关系.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 肥胖问题研究研究
背景情况:
- 认知功能对于管理肥胖和遵守生活方式变化至关重要.
- 肥胖是一个日益严重的公共卫生问题,特别是在印度.
- 了解肥胖对认知的影响对于有效的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了识别印度成年人的认知缺陷.
- 检查身体质量指数 (BMI) 与不同BMI类别的认知表现之间的关联.
- 调查与BMI相关的特定领域的认知障碍.
主要方法:
- 在印度北部的一家三级护理医院进行的横截面调查.
- 蒙特利尔认知评估 (MoCA) 规模用于评估八个领域的认知表现.
- 统计分析以确定BMI和总/特定领域的MoCA分数之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 招募了349名参与者 (平均年龄为36.9±10.9岁,平均BMI为26.7±4.6kg/m2).
- 在BMI和总MoCA得分之间发现了显著的负相关性 (P < 0.001).
- 六个特定领域的分数 (视觉空间,注意力,语言,抽象,延迟回忆,定向) 与BMI有显著的负相关性.
结论:
- 在印度成年人中,较高的BMI与认知功能受损之间存在明显的关联.
- 受影响的认知领域包括视觉空间能力,注意力,语言,抽象,延迟回忆和定向.
- 观察到的剂量效应关系强调了增加BMI对认知健康的不利影响.
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