ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2022
MIND Diet and Cognitive Function in Puerto Rican Older Adults.
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- The association between the MIND diet and cognitive health in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Pooled it
- The Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) Diet for the Aging Brain: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Pooled it
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- Whole Dietary Patterns, Cognitive Decline and Cognitive Disorders: A Systematic Review of Prospective and Intervention Studies.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of MIND diet on cognitive function among patients with metabolic syndrome: a randomised control clinical trial.BMC neurology · 2026Trial
- Effects of education level on hypertension, diabetes, and Dyslipidemia among residents in Hezhang County.Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- An integrated lifestyle-, genetic- and metabolomics-based prediction model for mild cognitive aging in the HCHS/SOL.NPJ dementia · 2026Article
- Impact of Diverse Dietary Patterns on Cognitive Health: Cumulative Evidence from Prospective Cohort Studies.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Role of Micronutrient Supplementation in Promoting Cognitive Healthy Aging in Latin America: Evidence-Based Consensus Statement.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Effects of Dietary Interventions on Cognitive Outcomes.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Increases in adherence to a simplified Mediterranean diet predicts improved next day cognitive functioning.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Article
- Diets to promote healthy brain ageing.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2025Review
- Association of Adherence to a MIND-Style Diet With the Risk of Cognitive Impairment and Decline in the REGARDS Cohort.Neurology · 2024Article
- Association between cMIND diet and hypertension among older adults in China: a nationwide survey.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2024Article
- The MIND diet, brain transcriptomic alterations, and dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- New Insights into the Relationship between Nutrition and Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease: Preventive and Therapeutic Perspectives.CNS & neurological disorders drug targets · 2024Review
- The association of MIND diet with cognitive resilience to neuropathologies.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2023Article
- Dietary Patterns and Alzheimer's Disease: An Updated Review Linking Nutrition to Neuroscience.Nutrients · 2023Review
- The MIND diet, brain transcriptomic alterations, and dementia.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- Roles of physical activity and diet in cognitive aging: is more better?The Clinical neuropsychologist · 2023Article
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backgroundHealthy diets have been associated with better cognitive function. Socioeconomic factors including education, poverty, and job complexity may modify the relationship between diet and cognition.
methodsWe used adjusted linear mixed models to examine the association between long-term adherence to the Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension - Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet and cognitive function over 8 years of follow-up in Puerto Rican adults residing in the Boston, MA area (aged 45-75 years at baseline). We also examined whether the MIND diet-cognition association was confounded or modified by socioeconomic measures.
resultsIn both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses the highest, versus lowest, MIND quintile was associated with better cognition function (β = 0.093; 95% CI: 0.035, 0.152; p trend = .0019), but not with cognitive trajectory over 8 years. Education <=8th grade (β = -0.339; 95% CI: 0.394, -0.286; p < .0001) and income-to-poverty ratio <120% (β = -0.049; 95% CI: -0.092, -0.007; p = .024) were significantly associated with lower cognitive function, while higher job complexity (β = 0.008; 95% CI: 0.006, 0.011; p < .0001) was associated with better cognition function. These variables acted as confounders, but not effect modifiers of the MIND-diet-cognitive function relationship.
conclusionAdherence to the MIND diet was associated with better cognitive function at baseline and over 8 years of follow-up; however, MIND diet was not associated with 8-year cognitive trajectory. More studies are needed to better understand whether the MIND diet is protective against long-term cognitive decline.
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