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Choice reaction time and subsequent mobility decline: Prospective observational findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cognitive and motor function in ageing are intertwined, but whether slower motor response time (MRT) to a cognitive stimulus could herald accelerated mobility decline is unknown. Using data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), we examined whether slower MRT may predict a greater than expected increase in Time Up and Go (TUG) after 4 years.

Methods

Participants aged 50 years or older were divided into two groups based on their mean MRT (< 250 ms versus ? 250 ms). A repeated measures ANOVA compared TUG trajectories between groups, controlling for baseline age, sex, height, education level, mini mental-state examination (MMSE) score, self-reported vision and hearing, medical conditions (cardiovascular, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes), and number of medications.

Findings

At Wave 1, 1982 (58.7%) had a mean MRT of < 250 ms, with a mean TUG of 8.1 s (SD 1.6); and 1397 (41.3%) had an MRT of ? 250 ms, with a TUG of 9.0 s (SD 2.2). At Wave 3, TUG increased to 8.8 s (SD 2.0) and 10.2 s (SD 3.9), respectively. The results of the adjusted repeated measures ANOVA suggested that there was a statistically significant interaction between MRT group and Wave (P = 0.023, ?² _p = 0.002).

Interpretation

TILDA participants in the slower MRT group seemed to have faster mobility decline, but this effect was statistically and clinically small.

Funding

TILDA is funded by Atlantic Philanthropies, the Irish Department of Health and Irish Life. Roman Romero-Ortuno is funded by Science Foundation Ireland (grant number 18/FRL/6188).

SUBMITTER: Chintapalli R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7846709 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Choice reaction time and subsequent mobility decline: Prospective observational findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA).

Chintapalli Renuka R Romero-Ortuno Roman R

EClinicalMedicine 20201205

<h4>Background</h4>Cognitive and motor function in ageing are intertwined, but whether slower motor response time (MRT) to a cognitive stimulus could herald accelerated mobility decline is unknown. Using data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), we examined whether slower MRT may predict a greater than expected increase in Time Up and Go (TUG) after 4 years.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants aged 50 years or older were divided into two groups based on their mean MRT (< 250 ms versus ≥ ...[more]

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