Open AccessCoffee drinking in middle age is not associated with cognitive performance in old age
Author(s) -
Venla Laitala,
Jaakko Kaprio,
Markku Koskenvuo,
Ismo Räihä,
Juha O. Rinne,
Karri Silventoinen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27660
Subject(s) - dementia , cognition , cognitive decline , medicine , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , cognitive test , affect (linguistics) , gerontology , telephone interview , demography , psychology , disease , psychiatry , social science , communication , sociology
The lack of effective disease-modifying treatments highlights the need for research on the prevention of dementia. It has been suggested that coffee has a protective effect on cognitive performance in old age, but only some of the previous studies have shown this association.
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