Association of Dietary Patterns in Midlife and Cognitive Function in Later Life in US Adults Without Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The association of dietary patterns, or the combinations of different foods that people eat, with cognitive change and dementia is unclear.

Objective

To examine the association of dietary patterns in midlife with cognitive function in later life in a US population without dementia.

Design, setting, and participants

Observational cohort study with analysis of data collected from 1987 to 2017. Analysis was completed in January to February 2019. Community-dwelling black and white men and women from Washington County, Maryland; Forsyth County, North Carolina; Jackson, Mississippi; and suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, participating in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study were included.

Exposures

Two dietary pattern scores were derived from

SUBMITTER: Dearborn-Tomazos JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6902753 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature