MIND Diet and Cognitive Function in Puerto Rican Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthy diets have been associated with better cognitive function. Socioeconomic factors including education, poverty, and job complexity may modify the relationship between diet and cognition.

Methods

We used adjusted linear mixed models to examine the association between long-term adherence to the Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension - Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet and cognitive function over 8 years of follow-up in Puerto Rican adults residing in the Boston, MA area (aged 45-75 years at baseline). We also examined whether the MIND diet-cognition association was confounded or modified by socioeconomic measures.

Results

In both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses the highest, versus lowest, MIND quintile was as

SUBMITTER: Boumenna T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8893189 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature