Association of sugar intake from different sources with incident dementia in the prospective cohort of UK Biobank participants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dementia is a common disease with around 55 million cases worldwide. Therefore, dietary changes and lifestyle interventions are important approaches to delay the progress of a decline in cognitive function. The study aims to explore the association of various sources of free sugars (FS) and intrinsic sugars with dementia risk in the prospective population-based UK Biobank cohort.

Methods

Sugar consumption was assessed in 186,622 UK Biobank participants with at least one web-based dietary questionnaire (Oxford WebQ). Over a mean follow-up of 10.6 (standard deviation 1.1) years, 1498 incident dementia cases occurred. The hazard ratios (HR) for incident dementia were assessed with Cox proportional hazard regression models including sugar intake from different sources

SUBMITTER: Schaefer SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10476309 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature