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<p><b>INTRODUCTION: </b>We determined if actigraphy-derived sleep patterns led to 7-year cognitive decline in middle-aged to older Hispanic/Latino adults.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>We examined 1035 adults, 45 to 64 years of age, from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Participants had repeated measures of cognitive function 7 years apart, home sleep apnea studies, and 1 week of actigraphy. Survey linear regression evaluated prospective associations between sleep and cognitive change, adjusting for main covariates.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>Longer sleep-onset latency was associated with declines in global cognitive function, verbal learning, and verbal memory. Longer sleep-onset latency was also cross-sectionally associated with verbal learning, verbal memory, and word fluency. Sleep fragmentation was not associated with cognitive change.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>In a cohort of mostly middle-aged Hispanic/Latinos, actigraphy-derived sleep-onset latency predicted 7-year cognitive change. These findings may serve as targets for sleep interventions of cognitive decline.</p>

Year of Publication
2021
Journal
Alzheimers Dement
Volume
17
Issue
6
Number of Pages
959-968
Date Published
2021 Jun
ISSN Number
1552-5279
DOI
10.1002/alz.12250
Alternate Journal
Alzheimers Dement
PMID
33350583
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