Relations of magnesium intake to cognitive impairment and dementia among participants in the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the associations of dietary and supplemental magnesium (Mg) as assessed by a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire with cognitive outcomes among ageing women.

Design

This work conducts a prospective cohort study of participants enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS), which was subsequently extended and named WHIMS-Epidemiology of Cognitive Health.

Setting

Forty clinical centres in the USA.

Participants

Postmenopausal women aged 65-79 years without dementia on enrolment.

Main outcome measures

Physician-adjudicated mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and/or probable dementia (PD).

Results

Participants were excluded (n=1006) if they had extreme values of dietary energy intake, had missing or extreme b

SUBMITTER: Lo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858129 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature