Elkin Garcia-Cifuentes1,2, Isabel Márquez3, Daniel Vasquez4,5, David Aguillon4,6, Miguel G Borda3,7,8, Francisco Lopera4, Carlos Cano-Gutierrez3,9. 1. Semillero de Neurociencias y Envejecimiento, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Envejecimiento, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, elkingarciaci@gmail.com. 2. Grupo Neurociencias Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, elkingarciaci@gmail.com. 3. Semillero de Neurociencias y Envejecimiento, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Envejecimiento, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. 4. Grupo Neurociencias Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. 5. Grupo de Investigación en Epidemiología y Bioestadística, Universidad CES, Medellín, Colombia. 6. Grupo Neuropsicología y Conducta, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. 7. Centre for Age-Related Medicine (SESAM), Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway. 8. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway. 9. Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Servicio de Geriatría, Bogotá, Colombia.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Gait speed (GS) is a predictor of negative outcomes in older adults and in those in risk to develop cognitive impairment; as such, it has been associated with dementia. Studies in Latin-American older adults showing this association are scarce. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between GS and dementia in a representative sample of Colombian older adults. METHODS: This study is a secondary analysis from the Survey on Health, Well-Being, and Aging, SABE (from initials in Spanish: Salud, Bienestar & Envejecimiento) Colombia's survey conducted in 2015 with a sample of 23,694 elderly adults aged 60 years or older. RESULTS: A total of 19,470 participants from the SABE Colombia survey were available for analysis. The multivariate analysis shows that dementia was associated with slow GS (PR 2.39; CI 1.91-3.01) independently to the other variables (p < 0.001). Similarly, GS as a continuous variable shows a statistically significant association with dementia in the adjusted analysis (OR 0.06; CI 0.04-0.09; p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Dementia was associated with slow GS. This finding provides evidence to include GS as a complementary parameter in the assessment of Colombian elderly adults.
INTRODUCTION: Gait speed (GS) is a predictor of negative outcomes in older adults and in those in risk to develop cognitive impairment; as such, it has been associated with dementia. Studies in Latin-American older adults showing this association are scarce. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between GS and dementia in a representative sample of Colombian older adults. METHODS: This study is a secondary analysis from the Survey on Health, Well-Being, and Aging, SABE (from initials in Spanish: Salud, Bienestar & Envejecimiento) Colombia's survey conducted in 2015 with a sample of 23,694 elderly adults aged 60 years or older. RESULTS: A total of 19,470 participants from the SABE Colombia survey were available for analysis. The multivariate analysis shows that dementia was associated with slow GS (PR 2.39; CI 1.91-3.01) independently to the other variables (p < 0.001). Similarly, GS as a continuous variable shows a statistically significant association with dementia in the adjusted analysis (OR 0.06; CI 0.04-0.09; p < 0.001). CONCLUSION:Dementia was associated with slow GS. This finding provides evidence to include GS as a complementary parameter in the assessment of Colombian elderly adults.
Authors: Miguel Germán Borda; Luis Carlos Venegas-Sanabria; Elkin Garcia-Cifuentes; Ronald Camilo Gomez; Carlos Alberto Cano-Gutierrez; Diego Alejandro Tovar-Rios; Vera Aarsland; Khadija Khalifa; Alberto Jaramillo-Jimenez; Dag Aarsland; Hogne Soennesyn Journal: BMC Geriatr Date: 2021-03-12 Impact factor: 3.921
Authors: Elkin Garcia-Cifuentes; Felipe Botero-Rodríguez; Felipe Ramirez Velandia; Angela Iragorri; Isabel Marquez; Geronimo Gelvis-Ortiz; María-Fernanda Acosta; Alberto Jaramillo-Jimenez; Francisco Lopera; Carlos Alberto Cano-Gutiérrez Journal: Front Neurol Date: 2022-02-18 Impact factor: 4.003