Analysis of possible cognitive impairment in Mexican older adults

A few decades ago, memory loss in older adults was medically recognized as normal. However, the medical community has changed this view, considering it pathological and indicative of certain processes affecting the brain. Among the factors that some authors associate with cognitive impairment are gender, age, schooling, chronic diseases, cardiovascular or pulmonary diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus. On the other hand, there are studies that show that factors such as stress, depression, drugs, loneliness, alcohol, tobacco and lack of exercise can increase the probability of suffering cognitive impairment at some point. With the analysis of data from the National Study of Health and Aging in Mexico (ENASEM), the objective is to make a prediction of older adults who may suffer cognitive impairment based on a neuropsychological evaluation (NEUROPSI) and various regression analyses, to find the individual factors that could affect the cognitive functions of older adults.