Relationship Between Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Cognitive Change in a Multiethnic Elderly Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the association between diabetes mellitus and cognitive functioning at baseline and cognitive change over time in a large, ethnically diverse sample of older adults.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project, a community-based, prospective study of risk factors for dementia in northern Manhattan, New York City.

Participants

Hispanic, non-Hispanic black, and non-Hispanic white men and women aged 65 and older without dementia at baseline (N = 1,493).

Measurements

Participants underwent baseline and follow-up cognitive and health assessments approximately every 18 months. Generalized estimating equations were used to examine the longitudinal association between diabetes mellitus and cogni

SUBMITTER: Bangen KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4477832 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature