Interaction between ω-6 fatty acids intake and blood cadmium on the risk of low cognitive performance in older adults from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying preventable diets and environmental exposure is essential to ensuring the health of the aging population. This study evaluated the interaction effect between blood cadmium and ω-6 fatty acids intake on low cognitive performance in Americans.

Method

The data of this cross-sectional study were obtained from the 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES). Cognitive performance was measured by the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease test, Animal Fluency Test, and Digit Symbol Substitution Test. Multivariate logistic regression models were used.

Results

A total of 1,918 individuals were included, with 467 (24.35%) low cognitive performance. Compared with participants with normal-level bl

SUBMITTER: Huang G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8988388 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature