Lifestyle risk and cortical folding of older adults
Bittner, N.; Jockwitz, C.; Moebus, S.; Pundt, N.; Bayen, U.; Zilles, K.; Amunts, K.; Caspers, S. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2016 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Zusammenfassung
Lifestyle might partly explain inter-individual variability in brain changes of older adults: Whereas alcohol intake and smoking might promote brain atrophy, physical exercise and social integration seem to be protective, e.g. against dementia. Nevertheless, the complex interplay between lifestyle factors has rarely been considered. Therefore, we examined the effects of overall lifestyle risk load, using an integrated lifestyle risk-score, on the folding of the brain's surface in older adults. From the population-based 1000BRAINS cohort of older adults 130 participants had to be excluded due to missing data, 2 b…
