TY - JOUR
T1 - The influence of thyroid function on cognition in a sample of ethnically diverse, rural-dwelling women
T2 - A project frontier study
AU - Johnson, Leigh A.
AU - Hobson, Valerie
AU - Jenkins, Marjorie
AU - Dentino, Andrew
AU - Michael Ragain, R.
AU - O'Bryant, Sid
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This study examined the influence of thyroid markers (TSH and FT4) on cognition in a sample of rural-dwelling women. Data were analyzed from 81 women who were enrolled in an ongoing study of rural health, Project FRONTIER. Cognition was assessed with the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). TSH levels were significantly related to the RBANS Attention Index, and FT4 levels were significantly related to the RBANS Language Index. The current study found that TSH and FT4 were differentially related to neurocognitive domains, with TSH being related only to measures of attention and FT4 to measures of language.
AB - This study examined the influence of thyroid markers (TSH and FT4) on cognition in a sample of rural-dwelling women. Data were analyzed from 81 women who were enrolled in an ongoing study of rural health, Project FRONTIER. Cognition was assessed with the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). TSH levels were significantly related to the RBANS Attention Index, and FT4 levels were significantly related to the RBANS Language Index. The current study found that TSH and FT4 were differentially related to neurocognitive domains, with TSH being related only to measures of attention and FT4 to measures of language.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047686663&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp219
DO - 10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp219
M3 - Article
C2 - 21677255
AN - SCOPUS:85047686663
SN - 0895-0172
VL - 23
SP - 219
EP - 222
JO - The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences
JF - The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences
IS - 2
ER -