| Title | Estimating the Cognitive Effects of Prevalent Diabetes, Recent Onset Diabetes, and the Duration of Diabetes among Older Adults |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2015 |
| Authors | Wu, B, Tchetgen Tchetgen, EJ, Osypuk, TL, Weuve, J, White, K, Mujahid, M, M. Glymour, M |
| Journal | Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pagination | 239-249 |
| Keywords | Health Conditions and Status |
| Abstract | Background: Little evidence is available on the effects of incident diabetes or diabetes duration on cognitive aging. Methods: We evaluated the effects of prevalent and incident diabetes on deteriorations in cognitive function, based on participants (n = 8,671) aged 65 in the Health and Retirement Study in 2000. Inverse probability weighting was used to account for selective attrition and time-varying confounding of incident diabetes. Results: Prevalent diabetes predicted higher odds of dementia odds ratio 1.27; 95 confidence interval (CI) 1.03-1.58 and worse memory (-0.06 in z-score units; 95 CI -0.10 to -0.02), but incident diabetes or diabetes duration up to 8 years of follow-up was not predictive. Conclusion: Prevalent diabetes predicted lower cognition but not recent onset diabetes. (C) 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel |
| Notes | Times Cited: 0 0 |
| DOI | 10.1159/000368654 |
| Endnote Keywords | Diabetes/Cognitive Function/Dementia |
| Endnote ID | 999999 |
| Citation Key | 8187 |
