Mediterranean Diet and Cognitive Status in Free-Living Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study in Northern Italy
| Autor: | Susanna Fusari Imperatori, Lidia Lewandowski, Alessandro Leone, Ramona De Amicis, Stefano F. Cappa, Alberto Battezzati, Simona Bertoli, Diana Osio, Paolo Cornelio, V. Giustizieri, Andrea Foppiani, Ferdinando Cornelio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine Mediterranean diet Cross-sectional study Medicine (miscellaneous) Diet Mediterranean Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences Cognition 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Environmental health Elderly population Odds Ratio Humans Cognitive status Medicine Cognitive impairment Aged 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Northern italy Cross-Sectional Studies Nutrition Assessment Italy Female Cognition Disorders business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 37:494-500 |
| ISSN: | 1541-1087 0731-5724 |
| Popis: | Few data are available on the Italian elderly population with regard to adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) and cognitive impairment. Our aim was to investigate adherence to the MD and its association with cognitive function in an Italian urban sample.A cross-sectional study of 279 participants aged ≥ 65 years (80 men, 199 women) was carried out at a nutritional center. Adherence to the MD was evaluated using a 14-item questionnaire. Cognitive function was assessed with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).The clinical and nutritional assessments performed revealed 30.1% to have a dietary pattern in accordance with the MD; 13.6% had suspected or mild cognitive impairment (MMSE score ≤ 23). The MD pattern was associated with a lower risk of cognitive impairment (odds ratio [OR] = 0.39; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.15-0.99; p = 0.045), as was the consumption of wine (OR = 0.37; 95% CI, 0.16-0.84; p = 0.018) and nuts (OR = 0.30; 95% CI, 0.13-0.69, p = 0.005). No association was found with other food groups.A closer adherence to the MD was associated with a better cognitive status. Further cohort studies and randomized controlled trials are warranted. |
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