doi:10.3390/ijerph16020245engMolina-Sotomayor, E.Orb, M.G.de la Fuente, F.P.Figueroa, G.C.Sánchez-Oliver, A.J.González-Jurado, J.A.Effects of cardiorespiratory exercise on cognition in older women exposed to air pollutionART-2019-110401The 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.2019http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/7718210.3390/ijerph16020245http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/77182oai:zaguan.unizar.es:77182International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, 2 (2019), 245 [14 pp]byhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess