IQ in childhood and the metabolic syndrome in middle age: Extended follow-up of the 1946 British Birth Cohort Study Export

@article{citeulike:4870923, abstract = {IQ in early adulthood has been inversely associated with risk of the metabolic syndrome in midlife. We tested this association in the British 1946 birth cohort, which assessed IQ at age eight years and ascertained the metabolic syndrome at age 53 years based on modified (non-fasting blood) ATPIII criteria. Childhood IQ was inversely associated with risk of the metabolic syndrome, but this association was almost entirely mediated by educational attainment and achieved occupational social class. This may be consistent with a pattern where childhood IQ is strongly associated with outcomes that reflect neurological disorder, such as the degenerative dementias, but less so with common chronic physical diseases of ageing.}, author = {Richards, M. and Black, S. and Mishra, G. and Gale, C. and Deary, I. and Batty, D.}, citeulike-article-id = {4870923}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2008.09.004}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0160289608001062}, doi = {10.1016/j.intell.2008.09.004}, issn = {01602896}, journal = {Intelligence}, keywords = {ability, allostatic, cognitive, cohort, cvd, lifecourse, metabolic}, month = {October}, posted-at = {2009-06-16 14:31:13}, priority = {2}, title = {IQ in childhood and the metabolic syndrome in middle age: Extended follow-up of the 1946 British Birth Cohort Study}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2008.09.004}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4870923 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4870923 N2 - IQ in early adulthood has been inversely associated with risk of the metabolic syndrome in midlife. We tested this association in the British 1946 birth cohort, which assessed IQ at age eight years and ascertained the metabolic syndrome at age 53 years based on modified (non-fasting blood) ATPIII criteria. Childhood IQ was inversely associated with risk of the metabolic syndrome, but this association was almost entirely mediated by educational attainment and achieved occupational social class. This may be consistent with a pattern where childhood IQ is strongly associated with outcomes that reflect neurological disorder, such as the degenerative dementias, but less so with common chronic physical diseases of ageing. JF - Intelligence SN - 01602896 TI - IQ in childhood and the metabolic syndrome in middle age: Extended follow-up of the 1946 British Birth Cohort Study KW - ability KW - allostatic KW - cognitive KW - cohort KW - cvd KW - lifecourse KW - metabolic AU - Richards, M AU - Black, S AU - Mishra, G AU - Gale, C AU - Deary, I AU - Batty, D PY - 2008/10/21/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2008.09.004 ER -