Journal article
Leisure activity, health, and medical correlates of neurocognitive performance among monozygotic twins: The older Australian twins study
T Lee, DM Lipnicki, JD Crawford, JD Henry, JN Trollor, D Ames, MJ Wright, PS Sachdev
Journals of Gerontology Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | Published : 2014
Abstract
Objectives. We aimed to examine associations between each of three leisure activities (Cognitive, Physical, and Social) and performance in selected cognitive domains (Speed, Memory, Verbal ability, and Executive functions) and global cognition. We also aimed to explore associations between medical and health factors and late-life cognition. Method. Our sample comprised 119 pairs of monozygotic twins from the Older Australian Twins Study. Their mean age was 71 years and 66% were women. We used a discordant co-twin design, with cognitive performance measures as dependent variables and leisure activities as independent variables. Multiple regression analyses were performed, adjusting for potent..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Older Australian Twins Study was supported by the National Health & Medical Research Council (ID 401162) and facilitated by access to the Australian Twin Registry, a national research resource supported by National Health & Medical Research Council enabling grant (ID 310667) and administered by the University of Melbourne.