MIND Dietary Pattern and Its Association with Cognition and Incident Dementia in the UK Biobank.

ABSTRACT: A high adherence to the Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) has been associated with better cognition and a lower risk of dementia in some but not all studies. We measured adherence to MIND and its association with cognitive health in the UK Biobank (UKB). A MIND score was derived from 24 h diet recall questionnaires for 120,661 participants who completed at least one of seven self-administered cognitive function tests. In a subset of 78,663 participants aged 55+, diagnosis of dementia was determined by linked hospital and death records. Multivariable regression and Cox proportional hazard ratio (HR) models were used to examine associations of MIND with cognitive ability and incident dementia. Higher adherence to MIND w

SUBMITTER: Cornelis MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9823700 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature