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Body Composition and Cognitive Functioning in a Sample of Active Elders
The purpose of this paper was to analyze the relationship between body composition and cognitive functioning in an elderly people’s sample. A total of 106 older adults between the ages of 60 and 79 were involved in physical activity (M = 67.57; SD = 4.96). About 31.10% were men (n = 33) and 68.90% w...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6657457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31379650 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01569 |
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author | Crespillo-Jurado, Miriam Delgado-Giralt, Joaquín Reigal, Rafael Enrique Rosado, Antonio Wallace-Ruiz, Agustín Juárez-Ruiz de Mier, Rocío Morales-Sánchez, Verónica Morillo-Baro, Juan Pablo Hernández-Mendo, Antonio |
author_facet | Crespillo-Jurado, Miriam Delgado-Giralt, Joaquín Reigal, Rafael Enrique Rosado, Antonio Wallace-Ruiz, Agustín Juárez-Ruiz de Mier, Rocío Morales-Sánchez, Verónica Morillo-Baro, Juan Pablo Hernández-Mendo, Antonio |
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description | The purpose of this paper was to analyze the relationship between body composition and cognitive functioning in an elderly people’s sample. A total of 106 older adults between the ages of 60 and 79 were involved in physical activity (M = 67.57; SD = 4.96). About 31.10% were men (n = 33) and 68.90% were women (n = 73). The instruments used to assess cognitive capacity were the Trail Making Test (forms A and B), the Stroop Test, and the Attention Test d2. The body composition of the participants was evaluated by electrical bioimpedance. Correlation analysis, linear regression (successive steps), and cluster analysis were carried out to analyze the relationships between the different measures. The results showed significant relationships between the analyzed variables. In addition, muscle mass predicted the cognitive functioning values. These results suggest that healthy lifestyles, including physical activity, are essential for well-being and quality of life in older people. In addition, it appears from the results found that it would be necessary for these lifestyles to contribute to preserving their level of physical condition, because of the possible impact it would have on their health. |
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spelling | pubmed-66574572019-08-02 Body Composition and Cognitive Functioning in a Sample of Active Elders Crespillo-Jurado, Miriam Delgado-Giralt, Joaquín Reigal, Rafael Enrique Rosado, Antonio Wallace-Ruiz, Agustín Juárez-Ruiz de Mier, Rocío Morales-Sánchez, Verónica Morillo-Baro, Juan Pablo Hernández-Mendo, Antonio Front Psychol Psychology The purpose of this paper was to analyze the relationship between body composition and cognitive functioning in an elderly people’s sample. A total of 106 older adults between the ages of 60 and 79 were involved in physical activity (M = 67.57; SD = 4.96). About 31.10% were men (n = 33) and 68.90% were women (n = 73). The instruments used to assess cognitive capacity were the Trail Making Test (forms A and B), the Stroop Test, and the Attention Test d2. The body composition of the participants was evaluated by electrical bioimpedance. Correlation analysis, linear regression (successive steps), and cluster analysis were carried out to analyze the relationships between the different measures. The results showed significant relationships between the analyzed variables. In addition, muscle mass predicted the cognitive functioning values. These results suggest that healthy lifestyles, including physical activity, are essential for well-being and quality of life in older people. In addition, it appears from the results found that it would be necessary for these lifestyles to contribute to preserving their level of physical condition, because of the possible impact it would have on their health. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6657457/ /pubmed/31379650 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01569 Text en Copyright © 2019 Crespillo-Jurado, Delgado-Giralt, Reigal, Rosado, Wallace-Ruiz, Juárez-Ruiz de Mier, Morales-Sánchez, Morillo-Baro and Hernández-Mendo. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Crespillo-Jurado, Miriam Delgado-Giralt, Joaquín Reigal, Rafael Enrique Rosado, Antonio Wallace-Ruiz, Agustín Juárez-Ruiz de Mier, Rocío Morales-Sánchez, Verónica Morillo-Baro, Juan Pablo Hernández-Mendo, Antonio Body Composition and Cognitive Functioning in a Sample of Active Elders |
title | Body Composition and Cognitive Functioning in a Sample of Active Elders |
title_full | Body Composition and Cognitive Functioning in a Sample of Active Elders |
title_fullStr | Body Composition and Cognitive Functioning in a Sample of Active Elders |
title_full_unstemmed | Body Composition and Cognitive Functioning in a Sample of Active Elders |
title_short | Body Composition and Cognitive Functioning in a Sample of Active Elders |
title_sort | body composition and cognitive functioning in a sample of active elders |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6657457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31379650 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01569 |
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