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Our aim was to examine the relationship between <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Toxocara<\/jats:italic> infection and cognition.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Multivariate logistic regression was used to test the association of <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Toxocara<\/jats:italic> seropositivity on indices of cognitive function (a word list learning trial with delayed recall from the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer\u2019s Disease, an animal fluency test (AFT) and a digit symbol substitution test (DSST)) among 2643 adults aged 60 years and older in the 2011\u20132014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Seropositivity to <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> or <jats:italic>Toxocara<\/jats:italic> were both associated with lower scores in all three cognitive function measures examined in univariate analyses. Except for the DSST, these associations were not significant after adjustment for age, gender, race and Hispanic origin, poverty level, education, US birth status, depression and hypertension. On stratification to account for significant interactions, <jats:italic>Toxocara<\/jats:italic> seropositivity was associated with worse scores on the AFT among those born outside the USA, worse scores on the DSST among those aged 60\u201369 years, female, Hispanic and with a high school diploma or less. Lower DSST scores with <jats:italic>Toxocara<\/jats:italic> infection was greater for adults living below compared with at or above the poverty level.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Seropositivity to these parasites, particularly to <jats:italic>Toxocara<\/jats:italic>, may be associated with diminished cognitive performance in certain subgroups of older adults.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/jech-2022-219772","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,27]],"date-time":"2023-02-27T13:21:27Z","timestamp":1677504087000},"page":"315-321","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Association of infection with <i>Toxoplasma gondii<\/i> and <i>Toxocara<\/i> on cognitive function among US adults aged 60 and over, NHANES 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