ABDOMINAL MYOSTEATOSIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER PROCESSING SPEED IN A MULTIETHNIC COHORT OF OLDER ADULTS
Brendan McNeish, Iva Mijkovic, Matthew Allison, Timothy Hughes, Ilya Nasrallah, Eric Terkpertey, Caterina Rosano · 2024
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Brendan McNeish and co-authors linked fat inside abdominal muscle to slower thinking speed in older adults in 2024. Fat stored within muscle, called myosteatosis, had been tied to cognition before, but in narrow, mostly single-group samples. The team tested the link in a multiethnic cohort with a wide age range.
The sample held 1,268 adults aged 45 to 84 years from a long-running study of atherosclerosis across ethnic groups. Muscle density from abdominal scans at one visit served as the fat measure. Thinking speed and general cognition were tested about seven years later with standard tasks. Models adjusted for demographics, schooling, and other known risks. Readers get broader evidence that muscle quality, not just muscle size, tracks how fast the aging brain processes information.
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| CREATOR | Brendan McNeish, Iva Mijkovic, Matthew Allison, Timothy Hughes, Ilya Nasrallah, Eric Terkpertey, Caterina Rosano |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |