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MIND Diet and Cognitive Function in Puerto Rican Older Adults.
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Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences . Mar2022, Vol. 77 Issue 3, p605-613. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>Healthy diets have been associated with better cognitive function. Socioeconomic factors including education, poverty, and job complexity may modify the relationship between diet and cognition.<bold>Methods: </bold>We used adjusted linear mixed models to examine the association between long-term adherence to the Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension - Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet and cognitive function over 8 years of follow-up in Puerto Rican adults residing in the Boston, MA area (aged 45-75 years at baseline). We also examined whether the MIND diet-cognition association was confounded or modified by socioeconomic measures.<bold>Results: </bold>In both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses the highest, versus lowest, MIND quintile was associated with better cognition function (β = 0.093; 95% CI: 0.035, 0.152; p trend = .0019), but not with cognitive trajectory over 8 years. Education <=8th grade (β = -0.339; 95% CI: 0.394, -0.286; p < .0001) and income-to-poverty ratio <120% (β = -0.049; 95% CI: -0.092, -0.007; p = .024) were significantly associated with lower cognitive function, while higher job complexity (β = 0.008; 95% CI: 0.006, 0.011; p < .0001) was associated with better cognition function. These variables acted as confounders, but not effect modifiers of the MIND-diet-cognitive function relationship.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Adherence to the MIND diet was associated with better cognitive function at baseline and over 8 years of follow-up; however, MIND diet was not associated with 8-year cognitive trajectory. More studies are needed to better understand whether the MIND diet is protective against long-term cognitive decline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *COGNITIVE ability
*DIET
*ADULTS
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*COGNITION disorders
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10795006
- Volume :
- 77
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155553781
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab261