Healthy eating and reduced risk of cognitive decline: A cohort from 40 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We sought to determine the association of dietary factors and risk of cognitive decline in a population at high risk of cardiovascular disease.

Methods

Baseline dietary intake and measures of the Mini-Mental State Examination were recorded in 27,860 men and women who were enrolled in 2 international parallel trials of the ONTARGET (Ongoing Telmisartan Alone and in Combination with Ramipril Global Endpoint Trial) and TRANSCEND (Telmisartan Randomised Assessment Study in ACE Intolerant Subjects with Cardiovascular Disease) studies. We measured diet quality using the modified Alternative Healthy Eating Index. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to determine the association between diet quality and risk of ≥3-point decline in Mini-Mental State Examination scor

SUBMITTER: Smyth A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4456656 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature