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Equivalence testing distinguished null findings from insufficient power. Components were decomposed individually and simultaneously. Cross-sectional triangulation used NHANES 2011\u20132014 (N\u2009=\u20091,340, age\u2009\u2265\u200960 years).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The adjusted MORS\u2009\u00d7\u2009time interaction was \u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u22120.00046 SD\/year (95% CI \u22120.00185 to 0.00093; p\u2009=\u20090.516); equivalence testing rejected any clinically meaningful effect (p\u2009=\u20090.0002). Component decomposition revealed opposing effects: higher uric acid predicted steeper decline (\u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u22120.0055; p\u2009=\u20090.003) while higher triglycerides predicted attenuated decline (\u03b2\u2009=\u2009+\u20090.0042; p\u2009=\u20090.045), with near-perfect cancellation at the composite level. In NHANES, the MORS\u2013cognition association reversed sign after socioeconomic adjustment and showed a significant non-linear association (p\u2009=\u20096\u2009\u00d7\u200910\n                      <jats:sup>\u22124<\/jats:sup>\n                      ); leave-one-out analysis identified uric acid as the dominant signal carrier.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>An equal-weight metabolic-oxidative composite does not track cognitive decline because its components exert opposing effects that cancel. Uric acid emerges as an independent, potentially modifiable risk factor with implications for Alzheimer's disease prevention research.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/13872877261471903","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,30]],"date-time":"2026-07-30T15:27:52Z","timestamp":1785425272000},"page":"920-934","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Opposing effects of uric acid and triglycerides on cognitive decline cancel within a metabolic oxidative composite: Longitudinal evidence from CHARLS and cross-sectional replication in NHANES"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"113","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-2263-1927","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tian-Yu","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3980-2134","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhi-Ming","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(24)01296-0"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/13872877251326553"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11357-025-02014-9"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fnagi.2022.944697"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms23115938"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.neurobiolaging.2021.07.014"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/antiox12010131"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/antiox12030651"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.14283\/jpad.2024.90"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3233\/JAD-220822"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fnins.2026.1780804"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_13_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/13872877251392618"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_14_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyt.2022.828476"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_15_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11011-022-01016-2"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_16_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.clnu.2021.12.039"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_17_2","article-title":"Uric acid levels and risk of cognitive impairment: dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies","volume":"18","author":"Liu Q","year":"2023","unstructured":"Liu Q, Peng M, Yang T, et al. 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