Meat consumption and risk of incident dementia: cohort study of 493,888 UK Biobank participants
Author(s) -
Huifeng Zhang,
Darren C. Greenwood,
Harvey A. Risch,
David Bunce,
Laura J. Hardie,
Janet Cade
Publication year - 2021
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 - 10.1093/ajcn/nqab028
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , hazard ratio , cohort , cohort study , proportional hazards model , biobank , risk factor , lower risk , alzheimer's disease , red meat , vascular dementia , disease , gerontology , demography , confidence interval , pathology , bioinformatics , biology , sociology
Worldwide, the prevalence of dementia is increasing and diet as a modifiable factor could play a role. Meat consumption has been cross-sectionally associated with dementia risk, but specific amounts and types related to risk of incident dementia remain poorly understood.
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