Superagers & Normal agers Study

Superagers  & Normal

Agers  Study

Normal aging usually brings cognitive

Decline . However , there is a group

Of aged individuals who have an exceptional

  memory performance : the Superagers

Aim of this study to indentify the environmental factors that could influence exceptional 

memory performance in a cohort Argentine

Individuals .

  

Results

 Individual Factors 

No gender or age differences were found

Both groups were equally educated

(NA =16.3+- 3years : SA 15.85 +- 2.6 p=0.6)

High frequency of Bilingualism was found

(NA =81.3 %   , SA =80% p=0.631)

Cognitive reserve inventory  NA 12.63

For SA 13.3  significance 0.501

Hypertension% NA group. 25 and SA group

35

Significance 0.391

Smoker % NA group 12.50

SA group 

Significance 0.415

Diabetes %     NA 12.50

SA 5

Significance 0.415

Dyslipidemia %.   NA group 31.30

SA group 15 

Significance 0.223

 SA group Superagers 

NA group normally ager group

Significant value means p =less than or equal

To .05 

Family and Life style factors

Mother's age of death 

NA group 76.27 years

SA group 84.45 years

 Significance 0.045 This is significant

Father's age of death 

NA group 67.14 years

SA group 73.79years 

Significance 0.231

Siblings over 80 years

(Percent)

NA group  0.526

SA group 0.389

Significance.  0.432

                            Life style factors

Currently working

NA group.  11.8%

SA group. 15%

Signjficance 0.58

Retirement age  NA group.  71.6

SA group.   70.95

Significance 0.875

Social net work size

NA 22 53

SA 24.5

Significance 0.647

Living as a couple

NA group.     58 80%

SA group        47.40%

Significance 0.363

 

     

        Discussion  The aim of this study was to

Assess the potential role of the presence of

Series if well known protective factors

Against cognitive decline and  dementia .

The only variable that was Significantly

Different between the groups was higher

Longevity on mother of SA  (Superagerrs)

 Fact that longevity results apply only to

Maternal affiliation may be explained by

The fact that the parents of these subjects 

Lived during a particularly aggressive

Historical movement with the male population 

(That is two world  wars  and cardio vascular 

Diseases without treatment)

Ref Dementia Neuropsychologjia

       2020 Dec :14(4):345-349

      Ismael Luis Calandri, Lucia Crivelli

      Maria Eugenia Martin , Noelia  Egido

      Nahuel Magrath Guimet and

       Ricardo Francisco Allegri