| Literature DB >> 26402754 |
Anthony D Heymann1,2, Ramit Ravona-Springer3, Erin L Moshier4, James Godbold4, Michal Schnaider Beeri5,6.
Abstract
The pleiotropic contribution of statins on cognition is uncertain. From 840 patients in the cohort from the Israel Diabetes and Cognitive Decline Study, we identified 61 non-statin users and compared them with 45 patients who had used statins at least 90% of the time. Analysis of covariance was performed to compare mean cognitive z-scores between statin users and non-users while adjusting for socio-demographic, diabetes-related, and cardiovascular covariates which included change in cholesterol by year. Overall cognition, memory, and executive function was found to be significantly better in statin users (p < 0.0008). This suggests a positive effect of statins on cognitive function of type 2 diabetes patients that is independent of cholesterol levels.Entities:
Keywords: All cognitive disorders/dementia; Alzheimer’s disease; case control studies; diabetes
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26402754 PMCID: PMC5753415 DOI: 10.3233/JAD-142571
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Alzheimers Dis ISSN: 1387-2877 Impact factor: 4.472