Consumption of Olive Oil and Diet Quality and Risk of Dementia-Related Death.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Age-standardized dementia mortality rates are on the rise. Whether long-term consumption of olive oil and diet quality are associated with dementia-related death is unknown.

Objective

To examine the association of olive oil intake with the subsequent risk of dementia-related death and assess the joint association with diet quality and substitution for other fats.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective cohort study examined data from the Nurses' Health Study (NHS; 1990-2018) and Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS; 1990-2018). The population included women from the NHS and men from the HPFS who were free of cardiovascular disease and cancer at baseline. Data were analyzed from May 2022 to July 2023.

Exposures

Olive oil intake was as

SUBMITTER: Tessier AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11074805 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature