The effect of diabetes in the multifaceted relationship between education and cognitive function.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Education has been shown to be positively associated with cognitive performance. However, the pathways via lifestyle-related disease through which education is related to cognitive performance have not been sufficiently explored. Diabetes is an important lifestyle-related disease with increasing prevalence worldwide. Low education is associated with an increased risk of developing diabetes, while diabetes may also lead to a deterioration in cognitive performance. This study aims to explore if the associations between education and cognitive function is mediated by the diabetes status among older adults.

Methods

The data utilized in this study were derived from the first two waves of the Dutch Lifelines Cohort Study (2006-2015). The analyzed sample included 26,131

SUBMITTER: Reinke C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11429487 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature