Serum Uric Acid and Its Association with Longitudinal Cognitive Change Among Urban Adults.

ABSTRACT: Uric acid, a waste metabolite among humans, was linked to various cognitive outcomes. We describe sex and age-group specific associations of baseline serum uric acid (SUAbase) and significant change in SUA (?SUA: 1 versus 0?=?decrease versus no change; 2 versus 0?=?increase versus no change) with longitudinal annual rate of cognitive change among a large sample of urban adults. Data from the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span study, 2004-2009 (visit 1) and 2009-2013 (visit 2) were used. Of 3,720 adults selected at baseline (age range: 30-64 y), complete data were available for N?=?1,487-1,602 with a mean repeat of 1.5-1.7 visits/participant. Cognitive test domains spanned attention, processing speed, learning/memory, executive function, visuo-spatial/visuo-construction ability, language/verbal, and global cognitive function. SUA was measured at both visits. Multiple mixed-effects regression analyses were conducted. In the total population, a higher SUAbase was associated with a faster annual rate of decline on a measure of visual memory/visuo-construction ability (the Benton Visual Retention Test) by ?=?0.07 with a standard error of 0.02, p?

SUBMITTER: Beydoun MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4902772 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature