Meat consumption and risk of incident dementia: cohort study of 493,888 UK Biobank participants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Worldwide, the prevalence of dementia is increasing and diet as a modifiable factor could play a role. Meat consumption has been cross-sectionally associated with dementia risk, but specific amounts and types related to risk of incident dementia remain poorly understood.

Objective

We aimed to investigate associations between meat consumption and risk of incident dementia in the UK Biobank cohort.

Methods

Meat consumption was estimated using a short dietary questionnaire at recruitment and repeated 24-h dietary assessments. Incident all-cause dementia comprising Alzheimer disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD) was identified by electronic linkages to hospital and mortality records. HRs for each meat type in relation to each dementia outcome were estimated i

SUBMITTER: Zhang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8246598 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature