The onset of cognitive decline begins at 45
2012-01-09
(Press-News.org) For example, during the period studied, reasoning scores decreased by 3.6 % for men aged between 45 and 49, and 9.6 % for those aged between 65 and 70. The corresponding figures for women stood at 3.6% and 7.4% respectively.
The authors underline that evidence pointing to cognitive decline before the age of 60 has significant consequences.
"Determining the age at which cognitive decline begins is important since behavioural or pharmacological interventions designed to change cognitive aging trajectories are likely to be more effective if they are applied from the onset of decline." underlines Archana Singh-Manoux.
"As life expectancy continues to increase, understanding the correlation between cognitive decline and age is one of the challenges of the 21st Century" she adds.
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This research is part of the Whitehall II cohort study and focused on more that 7,000 people over a ten-year period.
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Timing of onset of cognitive decline: results from Whitehall II prospective cohort study
Archana Singh-Manoux research director 1 2 3, Mika Kivimaki professor of social epidemiology 2, M Maria Glymour assistant professor 4, Alexis Elbaz research director 5 6, Claudine Berr research director7 8, Klaus P Ebmeier professor of old age psychiatry9, Jane E Ferrie senior research fellow10, AlineDugravot statistician 1
1Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), U1018, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 94807 Villejuif Cedex, France;
2Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK;
3Centre de Gérontologie, Hôpital Ste Périne, AP-HP, France;
4Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;
5Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), U708, F-75013, Paris, France;
6UPMC Univ Paris 06,
UMR_S 708, F-75005, Paris;
7Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1061 Université Montpellier 1, Montpellier,France;
8CMRR Languedoc-Roussillon, CHU Montpellier;
9Oxford University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK;
10University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
BMJ janvier 2012
Contact chercheur
Archana Singh Manoux
Email : Archana.Singh-Manoux@inserm.fr
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