Open AccessDiabetes mellitus: A risk factor for cognitive impairment amongst urban older adults
Author(s) -
Tiwari Sc,
Rakesh Kumar Tripathi,
Siddiq Ahmad Farooqi,
Rajesh Kumar,
Garima Srivastava,
Aditya Kumar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.110950
Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , medicine , odds ratio , type 2 diabetes mellitus , cognitive impairment , inclusion and exclusion criteria , risk factor , gerontology , cognition , psychiatry , endocrinology , pathology , alternative medicine
Studies reported in relation to diabetes mellitus and cognitive impairment are inconclusive. Diabetes mellitus is a wide spread physical illness amongst older adults. The study explores whether, it leads to cognitive impairment amongst older adults in comparison to those without diabetes mellitus.