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Frequency of consumption of food groups for patients with Alzheimer‐type dementia, before the diagnosis of the disease in a second‐level hospital in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 2020
Author(s) -
de los Ángeles VargasRodríguez María,
LlamasLópez Leonardo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1002/alz.044073
Subject(s) - statistical significance , observational study , dementia , medicine , population , consumption (sociology) , disease , food group , red meat , environmental health , pathology , social science , sociology
Background The nutrients obtained through food and the interaction they present with the mechanisms of epigenetics point as a means of prevention and treatment for AD. The identification of food in each population is important considering that each one has aspects that make it unique. The realization of retrospective dietary surveys allows us to know how people's diet were and correlate the existence in the development of a pathology. Method Descriptive, observational, retrospective design with mixed approach. With n=15 AD who assisted the service of neurology and n=15 control group, healthy older adults according to the WHO definition and the test modified MMSE (score of 16‐19 points). Both groups over 60 years. Result To statistically analyze X 2 (p=<0.05) was used, in fig. 1 of the consumption of soda, it can be observed that the AD consumed soda more frequently. Regarding the consumption of vegetables such as nopal, tomato, chayote and consumption of fruits such as apples and bananas, it did not obtain statistical significance, but with guava it did have fig. 2 (p=0.019). The groups of cereals, legumes and dairy products were not statistically significant. While in foods of animal origin (red meat, white meat and egg) there was no statistical significance but it can be seen in fig. 3 as AD have a higher frequency of red meat (p=0.060). While statistical significance was found in the use of lard(p=0.048) being more frequent in the control group. Regarding lifestyle there was no significance. But we found significance in water consumption (p=0.013) and tobacco use (p=0.009). Conclusion We can conclude that when looking at the data on food consumption, it seems that they play a role in the development of the disease, not reflecting it statistically, probably due to the small sample that was used. The suspicions of various authors point to a higher consumption of simple carbohydrates, reflected in our study in fig. 1 . While the importance of water consumption was demonstrated in our study, the recommended consumption is 2,000 ml, the control group consumed it closer to this amount and tobacco use was of great importance, highlighting greater use in AD.