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<p><b>INTRODUCTION: </b>To determine if sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), daytime sleepiness, insomnia, and sleep duration predict seven-year neurocognitive decline in US Hispanics/Latinos (N = 5247).</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>The exposures were baseline SDB, daytime sleepiness, insomnia, and sleep duration. The outcomes were change in episodic learning and memory (B-SEVLT-Sum and SEVLT-Recall), language (word fluency [WF]), processing speed (Digit Symbol Substitution), and a cognitive impairment screener (Six-item Screener [SIS]).</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>Mean age was 63 ± 8 years, with 55% of the population being female with 7.0% Central American, 24.5% Cuban, 9.3% Dominican, 35.9% Mexican, 14.4% Puerto Rican, and 5.1% South American background. Long sleep (>9 hours), but not short sleep (<6 hours), was associated with decline (standard deviation units) in episodic learning and memory (β -0.22 [se = 0.06]; P < .001; β = -0.13 [se = 0.06]; P < .05), WF (Pwf = -0.20 [se 5 0.06]; P < .01), and SIS (β = -0.16 [se = 0.06]; P < .01), but not processing speed, after adjusting for covariates. SDB, sleepiness, and insomnia were not associated with neurocognitive decline.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>Long sleep duration predicted seven-year cognitive decline.</p>

Year of Publication
2020
Journal
Alzheimers Dement
Volume
16
Issue
2
Number of Pages
305-315
Date Published
2020 Feb
ISSN Number
1552-5279
DOI
10.1016/j.jalz.2019.08.191
Alternate Journal
Alzheimers Dement
PMID
31606367
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