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Age-Related Olfactory Decline Is Associated With Levels of Exercise and Non-exercise Physical Activities

Objective: This cross-sectional study evaluates the impact of active or non-active lifestyle in terms of physical, cognitive and social activity on the olfactory function in Elderly Subjects (ES) and aims at looking for a correlation between the time devoted to life activities and the score obtained...

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Autores principales: Sollai, Giorgia, Crnjar, Roberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8423134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34504418
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.695115
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description Objective: This cross-sectional study evaluates the impact of active or non-active lifestyle in terms of physical, cognitive and social activity on the olfactory function in Elderly Subjects (ES) and aims at looking for a correlation between the time devoted to life activities and the score obtained during the olfactory tests by each individual. Methods: One hundred and twenty-two elderly volunteers were recruited in Sardinia (Italy) and divided into active ES (n = 60; 17 men, 43 women; age 67.8 ± 1.12 years) and inactive ES (n = 62; 21 men, 41 women, age 71.1 ± 1.14 years) based on their daily physical activities. The olfactory function was evaluated using the “Sniffin’s Sticks” battery test, while the assessment of daily activities was made by means of personal interviews. Results: A significant effect of active or inactive lifestyle was found on the olfactory function of ES (F((1,120)) > 10.16; p < 0.005). A positive correlation was found between the olfactory scores and the number of hours per week dedicated to physical activities (Pearson’s r > 0.32, p ≤ 0.014) in both active and inactive ES. Conclusions: High levels of exercise and non-exercise physical activity are strongly associated with the olfactory function and, consequently, with the quality of life of the elderly. Given the limited physical exercise of elderly people, they can benefit from a more active lifestyle by increasing non-exercise physical activities.
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spelling pubmed-84231342021-09-08 Age-Related Olfactory Decline Is Associated With Levels of Exercise and Non-exercise Physical Activities Sollai, Giorgia Crnjar, Roberto Front Aging Neurosci Neuroscience Objective: This cross-sectional study evaluates the impact of active or non-active lifestyle in terms of physical, cognitive and social activity on the olfactory function in Elderly Subjects (ES) and aims at looking for a correlation between the time devoted to life activities and the score obtained during the olfactory tests by each individual. Methods: One hundred and twenty-two elderly volunteers were recruited in Sardinia (Italy) and divided into active ES (n = 60; 17 men, 43 women; age 67.8 ± 1.12 years) and inactive ES (n = 62; 21 men, 41 women, age 71.1 ± 1.14 years) based on their daily physical activities. The olfactory function was evaluated using the “Sniffin’s Sticks” battery test, while the assessment of daily activities was made by means of personal interviews. Results: A significant effect of active or inactive lifestyle was found on the olfactory function of ES (F((1,120)) > 10.16; p < 0.005). A positive correlation was found between the olfactory scores and the number of hours per week dedicated to physical activities (Pearson’s r > 0.32, p ≤ 0.014) in both active and inactive ES. Conclusions: High levels of exercise and non-exercise physical activity are strongly associated with the olfactory function and, consequently, with the quality of life of the elderly. Given the limited physical exercise of elderly people, they can benefit from a more active lifestyle by increasing non-exercise physical activities. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8423134/ /pubmed/34504418 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.695115 Text en Copyright © 2021 Sollai and Crnjar. https://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.
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Sollai, Giorgia
Crnjar, Roberto
Age-Related Olfactory Decline Is Associated With Levels of Exercise and Non-exercise Physical Activities
title Age-Related Olfactory Decline Is Associated With Levels of Exercise and Non-exercise Physical Activities
title_full Age-Related Olfactory Decline Is Associated With Levels of Exercise and Non-exercise Physical Activities
title_fullStr Age-Related Olfactory Decline Is Associated With Levels of Exercise and Non-exercise Physical Activities
title_full_unstemmed Age-Related Olfactory Decline Is Associated With Levels of Exercise and Non-exercise Physical Activities
title_short Age-Related Olfactory Decline Is Associated With Levels of Exercise and Non-exercise Physical Activities
title_sort age-related olfactory decline is associated with levels of exercise and non-exercise physical activities
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8423134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34504418
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.695115
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