Klodian Dhana1,2, Bryan D James2,3, Puja Agarwal1,2, Neelum T Aggarwal3,4, Laurel J Cherian4, Sue E Leurgans3,4, Lisa L Barnes3,4, David A Bennett3,4, Julie A Schneider3,4,5. 1. Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA. 3. Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA. 4. Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA. 5. Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: MIND diet, a hybrid of the Mediterranean diet and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet, is associated with a slower cognitive decline and lower risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia in older adults. OBJECTIVE: We aim to examine whether the association of the MIND diet with cognition is independent of common brain pathologies. METHODS: Utilizing data from the Rush Memory and Aging Project (MAP), a longitudinal clinical-pathologic study, we studied 569 decedents with valid dietary data, cognitive testing proximate to death, and complete autopsy data at the time of these analyses. A series of regression analyses were used to examine associations of the MIND diet, dementia-related brain pathologies, and global cognition proximate to death adjusting for age, sex, education, APOEɛ4, late-life cognitive activities, and total energy intake. RESULTS: A higher MIND diet score was associated with better global cognitive functioning proximate to death (β= 0.119, SE = 0.040, p = 0.003), and neither the strength nor the significance of association changed substantially when AD pathology and other brain pathologies were included in the model. The β-estimate after controlling for global AD pathology was 0.111 (SE = 0.037, p = 0.003). The MIND diet-cognition relationship remained significant when we restricted our analysis to individuals without mild cognitive impairment at the baseline (β= 0.121, SE = 0.042, p = 0.005) or in people diagnosed with postmortem diagnosis of AD based on NIA-Reagan consensus recommendations (β= 0.114, SE = 0.050, p = 0.023). CONCLUSION: MIND diet is associated with better cognitive functioning independently of common brain pathology, suggesting that the MIND diet may contribute to cognitive resilience in the elderly.
BACKGROUND: MIND diet, a hybrid of the Mediterranean diet and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet, is associated with a slower cognitive decline and lower risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia in older adults. OBJECTIVE: We aim to examine whether the association of the MIND diet with cognition is independent of common brain pathologies. METHODS: Utilizing data from the Rush Memory and Aging Project (MAP), a longitudinal clinical-pathologic study, we studied 569 decedents with valid dietary data, cognitive testing proximate to death, and complete autopsy data at the time of these analyses. A series of regression analyses were used to examine associations of the MIND diet, dementia-related brain pathologies, and global cognition proximate to death adjusting for age, sex, education, APOEɛ4, late-life cognitive activities, and total energy intake. RESULTS: A higher MIND diet score was associated with better global cognitive functioning proximate to death (β= 0.119, SE = 0.040, p = 0.003), and neither the strength nor the significance of association changed substantially when AD pathology and other brain pathologies were included in the model. The β-estimate after controlling for global AD pathology was 0.111 (SE = 0.037, p = 0.003). The MIND diet-cognition relationship remained significant when we restricted our analysis to individuals without mild cognitive impairment at the baseline (β= 0.121, SE = 0.042, p = 0.005) or in people diagnosed with postmortem diagnosis of AD based on NIA-Reagan consensus recommendations (β= 0.114, SE = 0.050, p = 0.023). CONCLUSION: MIND diet is associated with better cognitive functioning independently of common brain pathology, suggesting that the MIND diet may contribute to cognitive resilience in the elderly.
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Amyloid-β; MIND diet; brain pathology; cognition
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