ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2017
Dietary Diversity and Cognitive Function among Elderly People: A Population-Based Study.
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- The influence of socioeconomic status on intelligence in school-age children in Xuyong County: a mediation analysis of nutrition literacy and dietary diversity.European journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Independent and joint associations of dietary diversity and physical activity on mental health among older adults in China: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- Relationship between leisure activity and depression in Chinese older adults: chain mediating effect of diet and cognition.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic disparities in dietary diversity among adults in Bengbu, China: unraveling the mediating role of nutrition literacy.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo explore associations of dietary diversity with cognitive function among Chinese elderly.
designThis cross-sectional study was conducted in 2011-2012, data were analyzed using multiple linear regression and logistic regression models.
settingcommunity-based setting in the 23 provinces in China. SUBJECTS: 8,571 elderly participants, including 2984 younger elderly aged 65-79 and 5587 oldest old aged 80+ participated in this study. MEASUREMENT: Intake frequencies of food groups was collected and dietary diversity (DD) was assessed based on the mean of DD score. Cognitive function was assessed using the Chinese version of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and cognitive impairment was defined using education-based cutoffs. Information about socio-demographics, lifestyles, resilience and health status was also collected.
resultsPoor dietary diversity was significantly associated with cognitive function, with β (95% CI) of -0.11(-0.14, -0.08) for -log (31-MMSE score) and odds ratio (95% CI) of 1.29 (1.14, 1.47) for cognitive impairment. Interaction effect of age with DD was observed on cognitive impairment (P interaction=0.018), but not on -log (31-MMSE score) (P interaction=0.08). Further separate analysis showed that poor DD was significantly associated with increased risk of cognitive impairment in the oldest old (p<0.01), with odds ratio (95% CI) of 1.34 (1.17, 1.54), while not in the younger elderly (p>0.05), with OR (95% CI) being 1.09 (0.80, 1.47) in the fully adjusted model. Similar results were obtained when DD was categorized into four groups.
conclusionsPoor dietary diversity was associated with worse global cognitive function among Chinese elderly, and particularly for the oldest old. This finding would be very meaningful for prevention of cognitive impairment.
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