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The Association Between Subjective Age and Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome: Results From a Population-Based Cohort Study
[Motoric cognitive risk syndrome and risk of mortality in older adults]

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  • Yannick Stephan
  • Angelina R Sutin
  • Brice Canadaph
  • Antonio Terracciano
  • Angela Gutchess

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ObjectivesThe motoric cognitive risk (MCR) syndrome, characterized by cognitive complaints and slower gait speed, is a predementia syndrome associated with dementia and mortality risk. The present study examined whether subjective age, that is, how old or young individuals feel relative to their chronological age, is related to concurrent and incident MCR syndrome. A relation between subjective age and MCR will inform knowledge on psychological factors related to dementia risk, identify who is at greater risk, and suggest a potential target of intervention.MethodsThe study sample was composed of 6,341 individuals aged 65–107 years without dementia from the Health and Retirement Study, a longitudinal study of adults aged 50 years and older. Participants completed measures of subjective age, cognitive complaints, and gait speed and provided information on demographic factors, cognition, physical activity, depressive symptoms, and body mass index (BMI) at baseline in 2008/2010. Incident MCR was assessed 4 and 8 years later.ResultsControlling for demographic factors, an older subjective age was related to more than 60% higher likelihood of MCR at baseline and to around 50% higher risk of incident MCR over time. These associations remained significant when cognition, physical inactivity, depressive symptoms, and BMI were included in the analytic models.DiscussionThis study provides evidence that how old individuals feel is related to concurrent and incident MCR beyond the effect of chronological age, other demographic factors, physical inactivity, depressive symptoms, BMI, and cognitive functioning.

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  • Yannick Stephan & Angelina R Sutin & Brice Canadaph & Antonio Terracciano & Angela Gutchess, 2021. "The Association Between Subjective Age and Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome: Results From a Population-Based Cohort Study [Motoric cognitive risk syndrome and risk of mortality in older adults]," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 76(10), pages 2023-2028.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:76:y:2021:i:10:p:2023-2028.
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    1. Rippon, Isla & Steptoe, Andrew, 2018. "Is the relationship between subjective age, depressive symptoms and activities of daily living bidirectional?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 214(C), pages 41-48.
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