In a study published in Stroke, they were found to have a 39% greater risk of stroke compared with those with a lower level of education, This could be because their early defences against cognitive decline have been eroded.
Cognitive factors have also been found to have a strong effect on acceptance of evolution.
The boys who had had the more nutritious diet in their first two years were found to have larger bodies, a greater capacity for physical work, more schooling and better cognitive skills.
School-age children who suffered from early childhood malnutrition have generally been found to have poorer IQ levels, cognitive function, school achievement and greater behavioral problems than matched controls and, to a lesser extent, siblings.
Internal consistency was high for the FIM total score (α = 0.88-0.97), domotor (motor α = 0.86-0.98, cognitive α = 0.68-0.95), and subscales (α = 0.68-0.96); and the FIM was found to have greater consistency than other tools commonly used in inpatient rehabilitation [ 44].
Similarly they were found to have higher cognitive test scores for reading, maths and spatial skills tests.
What Mani found is that poor people, in general, have a greater cognitive load than rich people.
When informants reported memory loss, 30% of participants were found not to have a cognitive loss.
They found that people with diabetes have a greater rate of cognitive decline and an increased risk of future dementia (RR, 1.6 [CI, 1.4 to 1.8]), which was concordant with our results.
Accordingly, CAS was not found to be associated with greater cognitive deterioration than CEA.
