Association of Midlife Diet With Subsequent Risk for Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Observational studies suggest that diet is linked to cognitive health. However, the duration of follow-up in many studies is not sufficient to take into account the long preclinical phase of dementia, and the evidence from interventional studies is not conclusive.

Objective

To examine whether midlife diet is associated with subsequent risk for dementia.

Design, setting, and participants

Population-based cohort study established in 1985-1988 that had dietary intake assessed in 1991-1993, 1997-1999, and 2002-2004 and follow-up for incident dementia until March 31, 2017.

Exposures

Food frequency questionnaire to derive the Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI), an 11-component diet quality score (score range, 0-110), with higher scores indicating a heal

SUBMITTER: Akbaraly TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6436698 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature