1. Longitudinal Associations Between Glycemic Status and Cognitive Function in Older Participants at High Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Two-Year Follow-Up in the PREDIMED-Plus Study
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Francisco Tinahones, José J. Gaforio, Emilio Sacanella, Ramón Estruch, Nancy Babio, Carlos Gómez Martínez, Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Albert Goday, Noelia Fernández Brufal, Josep Vidal, Jordi Julvez, Søren Dalsgaard, Jessica Vaquero Luna, Jose Alfredo Martínez, Vicente Martín Sánchez, Francisco Javier Barón López, Nerea Becerra Tomás, Lidia Daimiel, Clotilde Vázquez, Aurora Bueno Cavanillas, Julia Wärnberg, J. Lapetra, Maria Renee Lopez, Fernando Fernández Aranda, José López Miranda, José V. Sorlí, Maria Angeles Zulet, Andrea Sala, Luis Serra-Majem, Javier Díez Espino, Xavier Pintó, Jesús Vioque, Ángel M. Alonso-Gómez, Jose M. Santos Lozano, Emilio Ros, Dora Romaguera, Miguel González, Pilar Matía Martín, Lucas Tojal Sierra, Mònica Bulló, Cristina Razquin, Carmen Sayón Orea, Josep A. Tur, Rafael de la Torre, Antonio García Ríos, Aida Cuenca, Jadwiga Konieczna, Olga Castañer, D. Corella, and Itziar Abete
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Gerontology ,business.industry ,Medicine ,Cognition ,Disease ,business ,Predimed ,Glycemic - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes was related with larger cognitive decline. However, other glycemic dysregulations showed inconsistent results. Our aim was to examine longitudinal associations between diabetes/glycemic status and cognitive function in older adults with metabolic syndrome. METHODS: We conducted a 2-year prospective cohort study (n=6,874) within the framework of the PREDIMED-Plus study. The participants (with overweight/obesity and metabolic syndrome; mean age 64.9 years; 48.5% women) completed a battery of 8 cognitive tests, and a global cognitive function Z-score (GCF) was estimated. Participants were categorized by diabetes status (no-diabetes, prediabetes, and 1c) levels were measured and antidiabetic medications were recorded. Linear and logistic regression models, adjusted by potential confounders, were fitted to assess associations between glycemic status and changes in cognitive function. RESULTS: Prediabetes status was unrelated to cognitive decline. However, compared to participants without diabetes, those with ≥5-year diabetes duration had greater reductions in the GCF (β=-0.11 [95%CI -0.16;-0.06]), processing speed and executive function measurements. Inverse associations were observed between baseline HOMA-IR and changes in the GCF (β=-0.0094 [95%CI -0.0164;-0.0023]), but also between HbA1c levels and changes in the GCF (β=-0.0610 [95%CI -0.0889;-0.0331]), the Mini-Mental test, and other executive function tests. Poor diabetes control was inversely associated with phonologic fluency. Sulfonylureas, but especially insulin use, were related to cognitive decline.CONCLUSIONS: Insulin resistance, diabetes status, longer diabetes duration, poor glycemic control, and insulin treatment were associated with worsening cognitive function at short-term in a population at high cardiovascular risk.TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN, ISRCTN89898870. Registered 28 May 2014 - Retrospectively registered, http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN89898870
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- 2021
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