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Relationship between Education and Cognitive Performance among Healthy Malay Adults

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dc.contributor.authorHamzah, AIZAen_US
dc.contributor.authorAbu Bakar, ZHen_US
dc.contributor.authorSani, NFAen_US
dc.contributor.authorTan, JKen_US
dc.contributor.authorDamanhuri, MHAen_US
dc.contributor.authorAripin, KNNen_US
dc.contributor.authorRani, MDMen_US
dc.contributor.authorNoh, NAen_US
dc.contributor.authorRazali, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorMohamad, Men_US
dc.contributor.authorMakpol, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorMazlan, Men_US
dc.contributor.authorHamid, HAen_US
dc.contributor.authorNgah, WZWen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-29T02:58:04Z
dc.date.available2024-05-29T02:58:04Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractHigher level of education is associated with better cognitive performance and lower risk of developing dementia. However, the effect of education on cognitive performance varies across different cognitive domains and in different populations. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between education and performance of different cognitive domains among healthy Malay adults. A total of 53 individuals aged 29 to 77 years participated in a battery of neurophysiological tests consisting of Mini-Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, digit span, visual reproduction and digit symbol speed test (DSST). Blood test was performed for each participant to obtain their biochemical profile. Educational level was divided into level 1 (PMR), level 2 (SPM), level 3 (STPM), level 4 (Diploma) and level 5 (Degree). Simple linear regression indicated that years of education was positively associated with scores of delayed visual reproduction (b=1.348, p=0.002) and DSST (b=3.257, p=0.012). However, scores of all the tests were not significantly different among different levels of education after controlling for age, gender and blood test profile by ANCOVA. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that MMSE score was associated with red cell distribution width (b=-0.628, p=0.005), age (b=-0.119, p<0.001) and there was interaction between high density lipoprotein (HDL) with age (b=0.047, p<001). MoCA score was associated with age (b=-0.121, p<0.001), gender (male compared to female, b=1.870, p=0.020) and HDL (b=1.681, p=0.047). Age was associated with backward digit span (b=-0098, p<0.001) and immediate visual reproduction (b=-0.348, p<0.001), resp. Delayed visual reproduction was associated with age (b=0.323, p<0.001) and potassium level (b=-4.471, p=0.016). DSST was associated with age (b=-0.911, p<0.001) and alanine aminotransferase (b=-0.754, p=0.002). The lack of association between educational level and cognitive performance after adjusting for confounders in this study maybe due to multiple factors influencing cognitive performance and further studies with a larger sample size are needed to further identify the factors involved.
dc.identifier.epage1379
dc.identifier.issn0126-6039
dc.identifier.issue9
dc.identifier.scopusWOS:000386594400012
dc.identifier.spage1371
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/11673
dc.identifier.volume45
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherUniv Kebangsaan Malaysiaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSains Malaysiana
dc.sourceWeb Of Science (ISI)
dc.subjectCognitive performanceen_US
dc.subjecteducationen_US
dc.subjecthealthy Malay adultsen_US
dc.titleRelationship between Education and Cognitive Performance among Healthy Malay Adults
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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