Glycaemia is associated with cognitive impairment in older adults: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Alison Jagielski,
Chao Qiang Jiang,
Lin Xu,
Shahrad Taheri,
W. S. Zhang,
Kar Keung Cheng,
TH Lam,
G. Neil Thomas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afu088
Subject(s) - medicine , confounding , odds ratio , cohort , diabetes mellitus , cognition , type 2 diabetes , cohort study , population , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , mini–mental state examination , cognitive impairment , endocrinology , psychiatry , environmental health
an association between T2DM and cognitive impairment has been reported among Western populations, but data are limited in other settings. We investigated the cross-sectional association between fasting blood glucose (FBG) and cognition in an older Chinese population.
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