Age at period cessation and verbal memory across adult life: Findings from the MRC National Survey of Health and Development

Maturitas ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Diana Kuh ◽  
Rachel Cooper ◽  
Adam Moore ◽  
Marcus Richards ◽  
Rebecca Hardy
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Health And Development

scholarly journals The Role of Lifestyle Behaviors on 20-Year Cognitive Decline

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Cadar ◽  
H. Pikhart ◽  
G. Mishra ◽  
A. Stephen ◽  
D. Kuh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Visual Search ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Dietary Choice ◽  
Search Speed ◽  
Health And Development

This study examined the association between smoking, physical activity and dietary choice at 36 and 43 years, and change in these lifestyle behaviors between these ages, and decline in verbal memory and visual search speed between 43 and 60–64 years in 1018 participants from MRC National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD, the British 1946 birth cohort). ANCOVA models were adjusted for sex, social class of origin, childhood cognition, educational attainment, adult social class, and depression; then the lifestyle behaviors were additionally mutually adjusted. Results showed that healthy dietary choice and physical activity were associated, respectively, with slower memory and visual search speed decline over 20 years, with evidence that increasing physical activity was important. Adopting positive health behaviors from early midlife may be beneficial in reducing the rate of cognitive decline and ultimately reducing the risk of dementia.

[P2-545]: VASCULAR AND EARLY LIFE INFLUENCES ON CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE IN INSIGHT 46: A SUB-STUDY OF THE MRC NATIONAL SURVEY OF HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT (NSHD) BRITISH BIRTH COHORT

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (7S_Part_17) ◽  
pp. P851-P853
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Lane ◽  
Carole H. Sudre ◽  
Josephine Barnes ◽  
Jennifer M. Nicholas ◽  
Thomas Parker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrovascular Disease ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Health And Development
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