Jenni Lehtisalo1, Esko Levälahti2, Jaana Lindström2, Tuomo Hänninen3, Teemu Paajanen4, Markku Peltonen2, Riitta Antikainen5, Tiina Laatikainen6, Timo Strandberg7, Hilkka Soininen8, Jaakko Tuomilehto9, Miia Kivipelto10, Tiia Ngandu11. 1. Department of Public Health Solutions, Public Health Promotion Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address: jenni.lehtisalo@thl.fi. 2. Department of Public Health Solutions, Public Health Promotion Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland. 3. Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland. 4. Research and Service Centre for Occupational Health, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland. 5. Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland; Oulu City Hospital, Oulu, Finland. 6. Department of Public Health Solutions, Public Health Promotion Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Joint Municipal Authority for North Karelia Social and Health Services, Joensuu, Finland. 7. Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; University of Helsinki, Clinicum, and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. 8. Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland. 9. Department of Public Health Solutions, Public Health Promotion Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; South Ostrobothnia Central Hospital, Seinäjoki, Finland; Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Preventive Medicine, Danube-University Krems, Krems, Austria; Diabetes Research Group, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait. 10. Department of Public Health Solutions, Public Health Promotion Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden; Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Neuroepidemiology and Ageing Research Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 11. Department of Public Health Solutions, Public Health Promotion Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Association between healthy diet and better cognition is well established, but evidence is limited to evaluate the effect of dietary changes adopted in older age. METHODS: We investigated the role of dietary changes in the Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER) with 1260 at-risk participants (60-77 years) who were randomized to intensive multidomain intervention (including dietary counseling) or regular health advice for 2 years. Parallel process latent growth curves of adherence to dietary recommendations and cognitive performance were analyzed. RESULTS: Adherence to healthy diet at baseline predicted improvement in global cognition, regardless of intervention allocation (P = .003). Dietary improvement was associated with beneficial changes in executive function, especially in the intervention group (P = .008; P = .051 for groups combined). DISCUSSION: Dietary changes initiated during the intervention were related to changes in executive function in 2 years. Long-term diet appeared more influential for global cognition.
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INTRODUCTION: Association between healthy diet and better cognition is well established, but evidence is limited to evaluate the effect of dietary changes adopted in older age. METHODS: We investigated the role of dietary changes in the Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER) with 1260 at-risk participants (60-77 years) who were randomized to intensive multidomain intervention (including dietary counseling) or regular health advice for 2 years. Parallel process latent growth curves of adherence to dietary recommendations and cognitive performance were analyzed. RESULTS: Adherence to healthy diet at baseline predicted improvement in global cognition, regardless of intervention allocation (P = .003). Dietary improvement was associated with beneficial changes in executive function, especially in the intervention group (P = .008; P = .051 for groups combined). DISCUSSION: Dietary changes initiated during the intervention were related to changes in executive function in 2 years. Long-term diet appeared more influential for global cognition.
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