MIND diet associated with reduced incidence of Alzheimer's disease
Martha Clare Morris, Christy C Tangney, Yamin Wang, Frank M Sacks, David A Bennett, Neelum T Aggarwal, Martha Clare Morris, Christy C Tangney, Yamin Wang, Frank M Sacks, David A Bennett, Neelum T Aggarwal
Abstract
Introduction: In a previous study, higher concordance to the MIND diet, a hybrid Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet, was associated with slower cognitive decline. In this study we related these three dietary patterns to incident Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Methods: We investigated the diet-AD relations in a prospective study of 923 participants, ages 58 to 98 years, followed on average 4.5 years. Diet was assessed by a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire.
Results: In adjusted proportional hazards models, the second (hazards ratio or HR = 0.65, 95% confidence interval or CI 0.44, 0.98) and highest tertiles (HR = 0.47, 95% CI 0.26, 0.76) of MIND diet scores had lower rates of AD versus tertile 1, whereas only the third tertiles of the DASH (HR = 0.61, 95% CI 0.38, 0.97) and Mediterranean (HR = 0.46, 95% CI 0.26, 0.79) diets were associated with lower AD rates.
Discussion: High adherence to all three diets may reduce AD risk. Moderate adherence to the MIND diet may also decrease AD risk.
Keywords: Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Epidemiological study; Nutrition; diet.
Copyright © 2015 The Alzheimer's Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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