尼日利亚老年非洲人的手握力和认知功能障碍
Rufus O Akinyemi1,2,3, Oladotun Victor Olalusi1,2, Gabriel Ogunde3
1Neuroscience and Aging Research Unit, Institute of Advanced Medical Research and Training, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
PloS one
|February 27, 2026
概括
较高的手握强度 (HGS) 与老年尼日利亚人的更好的认知功能有关. 这项研究强调了身体力量和认知健康之间的联系,表明握力可能是认知能力下降的早期指标.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 身体和认知健康之间的相互作用至关重要,特别是在老年人群中,他们面临着脆弱性和认知障碍的增加.
- 关于非洲人之间这种关系的研究是有限的,需要进行本地化调查.
研究的目的:
- 研究尼日利亚伊巴丹的老年人手握强度 (HGS) 与认知障碍之间的关联.
- 了解特定西非人口中的身体功能和认知状态之间的联系.
主要方法:
- 来自尼日利亚伊巴丹老龄化尼日利亚人的血管健康,脆弱性和认知研究 (VALIANT) 的608名老年人的基于人口的队列进行了评估.
- 使用数字手动动力表测量手握强度 (HGS),通过共识诊断来确定认知功能.
- 用多变量调整后勤回归分析来检查认知障碍和HGS之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 与没有认知障碍的参与者相比,认知障碍的参与者表现出明显较低的平均HGS (p < 0.001).
- 在对各种因素进行调整后,更高的HGS显示出对认知障碍的保护性关联 (aOR:0.91;95%CI:0.87-0.95).
- 这种HGS的保护作用在不同年龄组 (<65岁和≥65岁) 和性别 (男性和女性) 中是一致的.
结论:
- 手握强度 (HGS) 独立地与西非人口的认知障碍有关.
- 这些发现强调了身体和认知健康之间的复杂联系.
- 未来的研究应该探索握力作为潜在的认知衰退的非侵入性生物标志物及其在预防神经认知障碍方面的作用.
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