Association of Diet Quality and Vegetable Variety with the Risk of Cognitive Decline in Chinese Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Diet quality plays an important role in dementia prevention. It remains unclear how the joint effect of vegetable variety and diet quality affects cognition. This study aimed to explore the association of diet quality and vegetable variety with cognitive decline in older adults. This prospective cohort study (2011-2015) included 436 community-dwelling elders in Taipei. Diet quality, assessed by the modified Alternative Healthy Eating Index (mAHEI), was computed from a food frequency questionnaire at baseline (2011-2013). Vegetable variety indicated the number of different vegetable groups, adjusted for vegetable quantity. Multivariable linear and logistic regression models were used to explore the association of diet quality and vegetable variety with the decline of global and domain-speci

SUBMITTER: Chou YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6682985 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature