Lower risk of incident dementia among Chinese older adults having three servings of vegetables and two servings of fruits a day | Zendy

Allen Lee | Zendy; Marcus Richards | Zendy; Wai Chi Chan | Zendy; Helen Chiu | Zendy; Ruby S.Y. Lee | Zendy; Linda Lam | Zendy

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Lower risk of incident dementia among Chinese older adults having three servings of vegetables and two servings of fruits a day

Author(s) -

Allen Lee,

Marcus Richards,

Wai Chi Chan,

Helen Chiu,

Ruby S.Y. Lee,

Linda Lam

Publication year - 2017

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/afx018

Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , logistic regression , gerontology , clinical dementia rating , population , environmental health , disease

dietary modification can potentially reduce dementia risk, but the importance of fruits and the amount of vegetables and fruits required for cognitive maintenance are uncertain. We examined whether the minimal daily requirement of vegetables and fruits recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) would independently lower dementia risk.

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