Mari Enomoto1, Hidenori Yoshii2, Tomoya Mita3, Haruna Sanke4, Ayako Yokota1, Keiko Yamashiro1, Noriko Inagaki1, Masahiko Gosho5, Chie Ohmura4, Kayo Kudo6, Hirotaka Watada7, Tomio Onuma1. 1. Department of Medicine, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Centre, Tokyo, Japan. 2. Department of Medicine, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Centre, Tokyo, Japan hdnr1967@gmail.com. 3. Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Centre for Molecular Diabetology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. 4. Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. 5. Department of Clinical Trials and Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan. 6. Department of Medicine, Nutritional Management Section, Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Centre, Tokyo, Japan. 7. Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Department of Clinical Trials and Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan Centre for Therapeutic Innovations in Diabetes, Tokyo, Japan Sportology Centre, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the relationships between dietary patterns and cognitive function in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS: Patients with T2DM completed a 3-day dietary record and Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE). Dietary patterns were identified by factor analysis. RESULTS: The study included 73 patients and identified five dietary patterns, one of which was characterized by high loading for vegetables and fish. A higher consumption of vegetables and fish was significantly associated with improved MMSE score (unadjusted model, model adjusted for age and sex, and model adjusted for age, sex, education, diabetic nephropathy and alcohol consumption), and decreased prevalence of suspected mild dementia (unadjusted model, model adjusted for age and sex). CONCLUSIONS: A high score in the vegetables and fish dietary pattern was associated with high MMSE score and low prevalence of suspected mild dementia in elderly patients with T2DM.
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the relationships between dietary patterns and cognitive function in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS:Patients with T2DM completed a 3-day dietary record and Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE). Dietary patterns were identified by factor analysis. RESULTS: The study included 73 patients and identified five dietary patterns, one of which was characterized by high loading for vegetables and fish. A higher consumption of vegetables and fish was significantly associated with improved MMSE score (unadjusted model, model adjusted for age and sex, and model adjusted for age, sex, education, diabetic nephropathy and alcohol consumption), and decreased prevalence of suspected mild dementia (unadjusted model, model adjusted for age and sex). CONCLUSIONS: A high score in the vegetables and fish dietary pattern was associated with high MMSE score and low prevalence of suspected mild dementia in elderly patients with T2DM.