Regression-Based Normative Data for Independent and Cognitively Active Spanish Older Adults: Verbal Fluency Tests and Boston Naming Test

Iñesta, Clara; Oltra-Cucarella, Javier; Maciá, Esther Sitges

doi:10.3390/ijerph191811445

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“…The association between VFS performance and years of education has been widely reported ( 20 ). In fact, the bivariate association of fluency with social class is attributable to the educational component of this index, and it disappeared in the multivariate analysis when adjusting for education level as an independent factor.…”

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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and waist-to-hip ratio in middle-aged postmenopausal women are the main factors associated with semantic verbal fluency 12 years later

et al. 2023

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Few studies have analized the effect of vascular risk factors and lifestyle habits affecting the middle age of postmenopausal women on later cognitive performance in old age. We have carried out an observational study to identify those factors and whether they differ from those acting in men. Postmenopausal women and males, both aged 40–60 years old at recruitment, from a community dwelling cohort were included. Data for this study were collected from the first visit at recruitment (2001 to 2005). Participants were interviewed with a questionnaire on their health-related antecedents and underwent a physical exam. The cohort was contacted again for a new presential visit between 2014 and 2015. A semantic verbal fluency test was included in this new visit protocol as a brief measure of cognition. Besides educational attainment, Mediterranean diet adherence 20th percentile (OR = 1.93; 95%CI = 1.07–3.47) and waist to hip ratio 80th percentile (OR = 1.81; 95%CI = 1.10–2,98) were the main factors associated to low semantic fluency performance in postmenopausal women, while declared diabetes mellitus (OR = 2.24; 95%CI = 1.16–4,33), HOMA 2 insulin resistance index (OR = 1.77; 95%CI =1.04–3,02), light physical activity in leisure time (OR = 0.41; 95%CI = 0.19–0,93) and recommended moderate to vigorous physical activity (OR = 2.09; 95%CI = 1.23–3.56) did in men. Factors in middle age that explain semantic verbal fluency in old age are different between postmenopausal women and men. Menopause related fat redistribution may be a precondition for other vascular risk factors. The effect of Mediterranean diet on cognition deserves new specific studies centered on postmenopausal women as group.

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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and waist-to-hip ratio in middle-aged postmenopausal women are the main factors associated with semantic verbal fluency 12 years later

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Adaptación y baremación de la versión española del Attention, Memory, and Frontal Abilities Screening Test (AMFAST) en población mayor de 55 años

Oltra-Cucarella,

Bonete-López,

Sitges-Maciá

et al. 2024

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Normative Data Study of Verbal Fluency and Naming Tests in Elderly People in Costa Rica

Mora-Villalobos,

Brown-Mata,

Smith-Castro

et al. 2024

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

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Objective To generate normative data for the Verbal Fluency Test (VFT) and the Boston Naming Test (BNT) in the Costa Rican population. Method The sample consisted of 563 healthy older people (aged 59–90 years). Polynomial multiple regression analyses were run to evaluate the effects of the age, sex, and education variables on VFT and BNT scores. Results The results showed a significant linear effect of education on the four-letter VF scores and an effect of sex on the letter P score, with females performing better than males. The explained variance ranged from 20.9% to 28.3%. A linear effect of age and education was also found for the four semantic VF scores, with scores decreasing with increasing age and lower education. The sex variable was significant for all semantic categories, with females performing better than males except in the animal category. The explained variance ranged from 21.7% to 30.9%. In the BNT, a linear effect of education was found, so that the more education, the better the score. In addition, a sex effect was also found, with males having higher scores than females. The predictors of the model explained 9.6% of the variance. Conclusions This is the first study that generates normative data for the VF and BNT in the Costa Rican population over 59 years of age based on demographic variables. The use of these normative data will help clinicians in Costa Rica to better understand language functioning in the elderly, allowing for better classification and diagnosis in the future.

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Regression-Based Normative Data for Independent and Cognitively Active Spanish Older Adults: Verbal Fluency Tests and Boston Naming Test

Cited by 3 publications

References 92 publications

Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and waist-to-hip ratio in middle-aged postmenopausal women are the main factors associated with semantic verbal fluency 12 years later

Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and waist-to-hip ratio in middle-aged postmenopausal women are the main factors associated with semantic verbal fluency 12 years later

Adaptación y baremación de la versión española del Attention, Memory, and Frontal Abilities Screening Test (AMFAST) en población mayor de 55 años

Normative Data Study of Verbal Fluency and Naming Tests in Elderly People in Costa Rica

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