Food insecurity and subjective cognitive complaints among adults aged ≥ 65 years from low- and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To date, no study has investigated the association between food insecurity and subjective cognitive complaints (SCC). Thus, the aims of the present study were to examine this association among older adults in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and to identify the potential mediators in this association, given the importance of SCC in dementia risk among older people, and the projected particularly large increase in dementia in this setting.

Methods

Cross-sectional, community-based, nationally representative data from the World Health Organization (WHO) Study on global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) collected between 2007 and 2010 were analyzed. Two questions on subjective memory and learning complaints in the past 30 days were used to create a SCC scale rangin

SUBMITTER: Smith L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10611875 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature