Cited by 84Sodium Intake and HealthDementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchNutritional Studies and Diet

Sodium intake and physical activity impact cognitive maintenance in older adults: the NuAge Study

Fiocco, Alexandra J., Shatenstein, Bryna, Ferland, Guylaine, Payette, Hélène, Belleville, Sylvie, Kergoat, Marie-Jeanne, Morais, José A., Greenwood, Carol E.·2012·Neurobiology of Aging

Published version of a preprint

Abstract

This study examines the association between sodium intake and its interaction with physical activity on cognitive function over 3 years in older adults residing in Québec, Canada. We analyzed a subgroup from the NuAge cohort (aged 67-84 years) with nutrient intake data, including sodium, from a food frequency questionnaire administered at baseline. Baseline physical activity was assessed using the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE; high-low). Modified Mini Mental State Examination (3MS) was administered at baseline and annually for 3 additional years. Controlling for age, sex, education, waist circumference, diabetes, and dietary intakes, analyses showed an association between sodium intake and cognitive change over time in the low PASE group only. Specifically, in the low PASE group, elders in the low sodium intake tertile displayed better cognitive performance over time (mean decline in 3MS over years: mean [M] = -0.57, standard error [SE] = 0.002) compared with the highest (M = -1.72, SE = 0.01) and mid sodium intake (M = -2.07, SE = 0.01) groups. This finding may have significant public health implications, emphasizing the importance of addressing multiple lifestyle factors rather than a single domain effect on brain health.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.07.004

Cites

47 of 47 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

This paper’s full text isn’t openly available, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Fiocco, A. J., Shatenstein, B., Ferland, G., Payette, H., Belleville, S., Kergoat, M.-J., Morais, J. A., & Greenwood, C. E.
Affiliations
  • Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal (CA)
  • Université de Sherbrooke (CA)
  • McGill University (CA)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
Venue
Neurobiology of Aging
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-04
Volume
33
Issue
4
Pages
829.e21-829.e28
ISSN
0197-4580 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2091449083
Cited by
84
References
47
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 2
FWCI
3.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Neurobiology of Aging (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
CIHR (MOP-62842, MOP-81217)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Sodium Intake and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
Keywords
sodium intake, physical activity, cognitive function, cognitive decline, older adults, dietary salt, brain health, lifestyle factors
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Energy Intake, Canada, Cognition Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Status Schedule, Motor Activity, Neuropsychological Tests, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sodium, Cohort Studies, Chi-Square Distribution

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review