Background: The red blood cell distribution width to albumin ratio (RAR) is a novel comprehensive biomarker of inflammation and nutrition, which has emerged as a reliable prognostic indicator for adverse outcomes and mortality in patients with various diseases. However, the association between RAR and low cognitive performance in older adults remains unclear. This study aims to investigate the relationship between RAR and low cognitive performance among older adults in the United States.
Methods: This study, a retrospective analysis, included 2,765 participants aged 60 years and older from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted between 2011 and 2014. Low cognitive performance was assessed using word learning subset from the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD), the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST), and the Animal Fluency Test (AFT). Low cognitive performance was defined as scores below the lowest quartile in each cognitive test. The association between RAR and low cognitive performance was evaluated using weighted multivariable logistic regression, restricted cubic splines (RCS), and subgroup analyses.
Results: After adjusting for all potential confounders, RAR was independently and linearly positively associated with both low DSST performance and low AFT performance. Specifically, compared to participants in the first quartile of RAR, those in the fourth quartile had adjusted ORs (95% CIs) of 1.81 (1.03, 3.20) for low DSST performance and 1.68 (1.05, 2.67) for low AFT performance. Subgroup analysis did not reveal significant interactions between stratification variables.
Conclusion: RAR is significantly linearly positively associated with low cognitive performance. Maintaining a lower RAR may be a crucial strategy for mitigating the risk of cognitive decline in the elderly population.
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