In a recent study published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health , researchers investigated the relationship between teenage cognitive performance and stroke in adulthood. Study: Cognitive function in adolescence and the risk of early-onset stroke . Image Credit: Komsan Loonprom/Shutterstock.
com Stroke is a public health problem since it causes high hospitalization rates, long-term disability, and death. While the incidence of stroke in elderly individuals is decreasing, it is increasing among those under the age of 50. Stroke survivors may suffer long-term physical and psychological consequences, emphasizing the need to identify risk factors for stroke of early onset.
Poor cognitive ability may be associated with social health determinants such as socioeconomic position and education, both of which are highly associated with stroke risk. Previous research has shown conflicting results on the relationship between cognitive function and stroke risk, with earlier studies focusing primarily on cognitive performance in middle age. In the current national study, researchers studied the relationship between adolescent cognitive function and stroke among 1.
70 million adolescents. The researchers included 1,741,345 teenagers who underwent extensive cognitive function assessments between the ages of 16 and 20 years old before requiring military duty between 1987 and 2012. They eliminated those who lacked cognitive function data or died before January .
