Are malnutrition and stress risk factors for accelerated cognitive decline ? A prisoner of war study

We set out to test the hypothesis that severe malnutrition and stress experienced by prisoners of war (POWs) are associated with cognitive deficits later in life. We assessed 101 former Australian POWs of the Japanese and 108 veteran control subjects using a battery of neuropsychological tests, a de...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neurology 1996-03, Vol.46 (3), p.650-655
Hauptverfasser:	SULWAY, M. R, BROE, G. A, CREASEY, H, DENT, O. F, JORM, A. F, KOS, S. C, TENNANT, C. C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Cognition Disorders - etiology Dementia - epidemiology Depression - diagnosis Depression - epidemiology Disorders of higher nervous function. Focal brain diseases. Central vestibular syndrome and deafness. Brain stem syndromes Humans Medical sciences Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology Neuropsychological Tests Nutrition Disorders - complications Prevalence Prisoners - psychology Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Reference Values Risk Factors Stress, Physiological - complications Warfare Weight Loss
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Zusammenfassung:	We set out to test the hypothesis that severe malnutrition and stress experienced by prisoners of war (POWs) are associated with cognitive deficits later in life. We assessed 101 former Australian POWs of the Japanese and 108 veteran control subjects using a battery of neuropsychological tests, a depression scale, a clinical examination for dementia, and CT. We divided the POWs into high weight loss (>35%) and low weight loss groups (
ISSN:	0028-3878 1526-632X
DOI:	10.1212/WNL.46.3.650