Cardiovascular Risk Markers and Cognitive Performance in Children.
Ludyga SDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: sebastian.ludyga@unibas.ch.
Köchli SDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Gerber MDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Faude ODepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Zahner LDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Hanssen HDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
English
Markers of cardiovascular risk and cognitive performance were assessed in 347 children. In contrast with body mass index and blood pressure, only retinal microcirculation explained a unique proportion of variance in inhibitory control and information processing, when dependencies between markers of cardiovascular risk were accounted for.