The researchers investigated the relationship between other factors and cognitive health, as well, including immigrant status, age, blood pressure, obesity, and body fat. Immigration statusAnglophone immigrants who had lived in Canada at least 20 years had higher verbal fluency scores than their Canadian-born peers. “Our findings suggest that this is an important omission, because even immigrants whose mother tongue is English had significantly higher verbal fluency scores than anglophones born in Canada. Blood Pressure, Obesity & Body FatAdults with stage 2 hypertension had lower verbal fluency scores. Two verbal fluency tests were examined: the Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT) and the Animal Fluency (AF) task.

Source: Hindustan Times June 24, 2020 13:41 UTC