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Two-Year Changes in Physical Activity and Concurrent Changes in Cognitive Function in a Cohort of Adults with Metabolic Syndrome

26-sep-2023 | Revista: Journal of Alzheimer Disease

Teresa Rognoni  1 , Marta Fernández-Matarrubia  2 , Miguel Ángel Martinez-González  3   4   5   6 , Jordi Salas-Salvadó  5   7   8 , Dolores Corella  5   9 , Olga Castañer  10   11 , J Alfredo Martínez  5   12   13 , Ángel M Alonso-Gómez  5   14 , Enrique Gómez-Gracia  15 , Jesús Vioque  11   16 , Dora Romaguera  5   17 , José López-Miranda  5   18 , Ramón Estruch  5   19 , Francisco J Tinahones  5   20 , José Manuel Santos-Lozano  5   21 , Lluis Serra-Majem  5   22 , Naomi Cano Ibañez  11   23   24 , Josep A Tur  5   25 , Rafael Micó Pérez  11   26 , Xavier Pintó  5   27 , Miguel Delgado-Rodríguez  11   28 , María Ortiz Ramos  29 , Josep Vidal  30   31 , Clotilde Vázquez  5   32 , Lidia Daimiel  5   13   33 , Emilio Ros  5   30 , Nuria Goñi-Ruiz  5   34 , Nancy Babio  5   7   8 , José V Sorlí  5   9 , Helmut Schröder  10   11 , Antonio García-Rios  5   18 , Laura Compañ-Gabucio  16 , Julia Warnberg  35   36 , M Ángeles Zulet  4   5   12 , Alice Chaplin  5   17 , Emilio Sacanella  5   19 , Amira Bouzalmate-Hajjaj  11   23 , Lucas Tojal-Sierra  5   14 , Miguel Damas-Fuentes  5   20 , Zenaida Vázquez  3   5 , Carlos Gómez-Martínez  5   7   8 , Carmen Saiz  5   9 , Mireia Malcampo  10 , Ana M Ortiz-Morales  5   18 , Vanessa Martínez-Avilés  37 , Jesús García-Gavilan  5   7   8 , Itziar Abete  4   5   12 , Montserrat Fitó  5   10 , Estefanía Toledo  3   4   5


Background: It has been proposed that physical activity (PA) could prevent cognitive decline.

Objective: To evaluate the association between changes in PA and changes in cognitive function in a cohort of adults with metabolic syndrome.

Methods: Longitudinal observational study including 5,500 adults (mean age 65 years, SD = 5; women = 49.3% ) with metabolic syndrome. Participants underwent physical activity measurements and cognitive evaluation at baseline and at two-years of follow-up. PA was quantified using the Minnesota questionnaire-shortened version. Cognitive function was evaluated using a battery of tests: Mini-Mental Test Examination, Clock Drawing Test, Trail Making Test A and B, Verbal Fluency Test, and Digit Span. The primary outcome was two-year change in cognition, measured through the Global Composite Score (GCS) of all neuropsychological tests. Multivariable-adjusted linear regression models were fitted with baseline PA and their changes as the main exposures and changes in cognitive function as the outcome.

Results: No significant association was found between PA levels (or their changes) in the GCS of cognitive function. A greater increase in PA levels was associated with a more favorable two-year change in the Trail Making Test A (Q4 versus Q1: b = - 2.24s, 95% CI -4.36 to -0.12s; p-trend = 0.020). No significant association was found for other neuropsychological test.

Conclusion: Our results do not support an association between increases in PA and the evolution of the global cognitive function at two-year in an intervention trial which included PA promotion in one of its two randomized arms, but they suggested a possible beneficial effect of PA on attentional function in older adults.

CITA DEL ARTÍCULO  J Alzheimers Dis. 2023;95(3):887-899.  doi: 10.3233/JAD-230105