Age, Risk Factors for CVD and Cognitive Functioning

NCT ID: NCT00007397

Last Updated: 2016-05-13

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2000-02-29

Study Completion Date

2004-01-31

Brief Summary

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To relate cardiovascular disease (CHD) risk factors to cognitive performance among middle-aged and elderly men and women over a 10 year longitudinal study period.

Detailed Description

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BACKGROUND:

The Framingham Heart Study is a major epidemiological investigation of prospective relationships between risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD risk factors) and CVD risk factor outcomes. The Framingham Study and other large, prospective studies have resulted in an extensive literature on the impact of CVD risk factors (including age) and CVD outcomes. Comparatively, there have been many fewer studies of the impact of CVD risk factors on cognitive functioning, and possibly no studies of the effect of objectively measured, competing risk factors on cognitive functioning.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

Dr. Elias and colleagues used cardiovascular risk factor data from the Framingham Heart Study (N= 2,123) in a prospective design allowing them to relate CVD risk factors (including age and gender) to two outcome measures: (1) level of cognitive performance and (2) change in cognitive performance over a 10 year longitudinal study period. The overall goals were to determine the best multivariate combination of biological and psychosocial risk factors for the prediction of lowered cognitive ability in middle-aged and elderly men and women, and to evaluate the relative impact of age, gender, and other biological and psychosocial risk factors on cognitive functioning.

The study completion date listed in this record was obtained from the "End Date" entered in the Protocol Registration and Results System (PRS) record.

Conditions

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Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases Neurologic Manifestations

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

No eligibility criteria
Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NIH

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Merrill Elias

Role:

Boston University

References

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Elias MF, Elias PK, Sullivan LM, Wolf PA, D'Agostino RB. Lower cognitive function in the presence of obesity and hypertension: the Framingham heart study. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2003 Feb;27(2):260-8. doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.802225.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12587008 (View on PubMed)

Elias MF, Sullivan LM, D'Agostino RB, Elias PK, Beiser A, Au R, Seshadri S, DeCarli C, Wolf PA. Framingham stroke risk profile and lowered cognitive performance. Stroke. 2004 Feb;35(2):404-9. doi: 10.1161/01.STR.0000103141.82869.77. Epub 2004 Jan 15.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 14726556 (View on PubMed)

Elias PK, Elias MF, D'Agostino RB, Sullivan LM, Wolf PA. Serum cholesterol and cognitive performance in the Framingham Heart Study. Psychosom Med. 2005 Jan-Feb;67(1):24-30. doi: 10.1097/01.psy.0000151745.67285.c2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15673620 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R43HL065117

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

958

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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