Waist circumference is correlated with poorer cognition in elderly type 2 diabetes women.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Waist circumference is associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cognition, yet the relationship between waist circumference and cognition in individuals with T2D is not well understood.

Methods

We studied the relationship of waist circumference with five cognitive outcomes (executive functioning, language/semantic categorization, attention/working memory, episodic memory, and an overall cognition measure) in 845 cognitively normal elderly with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Results

In women, waist circumference was correlated with significantly lower language and/or semantic categorization performance (P < .0001), executive functioning (P = .026), and overall cognition (P = .003) after controlling for age, education, BMI, and cardiovascular, diabetes-related, AP

SUBMITTER: West RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5753411 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature