Molina-Sotomayor, EdgardoGonzález Orb, MarceloPradas de la Fuente, FranciscoCarozzi Figueroa, GiovanniSánchez-Oliver, Antonio JesúsGonzález-Jurado, José Antonio2019-03-122019-03-122019Molina-Sotomayor, E., González Orb, M., Pradas de la Fuente, F., Carozzi Figueroa, G., Sánchez-Oliver, A.J. y González-Jurado, J.A. (2019). Effects of cardiorespiratory exercise on cognition in older women exposed to air pollution. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (2), 1-14.1660-46011661-7827https://hdl.handle.net/11441/84171The aim was to analyze the effects of cardiorespiratory exercise and air pollution on cognition and cardiovascular markers in four groups of older women: the active/clean air group (AC), the active/polluted air group (AP), the sedentary/clean air group (SC), and the sedentary/polluted air group (SP). Active groups performed a training task based on progressive walking. Prior to and after the experiment, the following parameters were assessed: cognition, by Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE); maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max), estimated by the Six-Minute Walk Test (6mWT); heart rate (HR); and oxygen saturation (SpO2). There were significant differences (p < 0.05) between the AC and the SP in all the MMSE dimensions except “Registration”, and in all the physiological variables (VO2max, SpO2, HR). Aerobic exercise may be a protective factor against the effects that pollution have on cognition and on the mechanisms of oxygen transport.application/pdfengAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Actividad físicaCardiovascularSalud mentalFitnessSalud medioambientalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16020245