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P3–211: Improving dementia care in primary care: Impact of a training program on physician practice patterns
Author(s) -
Sloane Philip,
Lathren Christine,
Reed David,
Kaufer Daniel,
Zimmerman Sheryl
Publication year - 2013
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 - 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.05.1284
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , primary care , family medicine , cognitive impairment , cognition , psychiatry , disease , pathology
analyses were performed in which the volume of white matter hyperintensities (WMH) was used as the dependent variable.Results: In women, brain atrophy at an average age of 75.7 was negatively associated with both minutes of walking (p1⁄40.02) and the mean number of grams of fish consumed (p1⁄40.04) at age 50. No association of walking and fish consumption with brain atrophy was evident in men. In both men and women, increased age was associated with greater brain atrophy. Neither walking nor fish consumption was associated with WMH volume. Conclusions: The findings are consistent with previous studies showing that consumption of foods containing high amounts of omega 3 fatty acids as well as increased physical exercise are associated with reduction in brain atrophy with age. The fact that this association was only evident in women may be related to the interaction of female gender with exercise (Eur J Neurosci 2001;14(12): 1992-2002) and omega 3 fatty acids (Aging Res Rev 2011;10: 124-131) in the upregulation of BDNF.