health
diciembre 24, 2025
¿Cuántos centenarios colombianos mantienen lucidez y autonomía pese al envejecimiento extremo?
El 36,3% de los centenarios colombianos mantiene funciones cognitivas y autonomía. Foto: iStock
TL;DR
- 36.3% of centenarians studied in Colombia show preserved cognitive and functional status.
- This phenotype challenges the idea that extreme aging leads inevitably to dementia.
- Physical frailty, nutritional status, and quality of life are significant factors associated with preserved function.
- Traditional dementia risk factors like low education, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and smoking showed no significant association in this extreme age group.
- The study suggests a shift in risk factor hierarchy, with systemic integrity becoming more important than cardiometabolic factors in extreme old age.
- Alcohol consumption was negatively associated with preserved function.
- The research highlights the need for personalized and culturally sensitive prevention strategies.