title: Do health factors affect memory performance in old age?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to examine the effect of health factors on memory performance in a population-based sample of 679 older people (mean age=69.2 years).
  
  
  METHODS
  Both subjective and objective indices of health were used as predictor variables. Memory performance was measured with an immediate recall test and a delayed recall test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Some of the objective health indices were correlated with performance on the memory tasks, but regression analysis showed that they hardly had a unique effect on memory performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Health factors have only a weak relationship with memory performance in older adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. m.jelicic@np.unimaas.nl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jelicic
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jonker
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Deeg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged