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ArticleNutrients2021

Adherence to Mediterranean Diet and Cognitive Abilities in the Greek Cohort of Epirus Health Study.

Myrto Koutsonida, Afroditi Kanellopoulou, Georgios Markozannes, Styliani Gousia, Michail T Doumas, Dimitrios E Sigounas, Vasilios T Tzovaras, Konstantinos Vakalis, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Evangelos Evangelou and 4 more

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Article in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Myrto KoutsonidaDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
Afroditi KanellopoulouDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
Georgios MarkozannesDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8481-579X
Styliani GousiaLaboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Michail T DoumasIoannina Medical Care, 45333 Ioannina, Greece.
Dimitrios E SigounasIoannina Medical Care, 45333 Ioannina, Greece.
Vasilios T TzovarasIoannina Medical Care, 45333 Ioannina, Greece.
Konstantinos VakalisIoannina Medical Care, 45333 Ioannina, Greece.
Ioanna TzoulakiDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
Evangelos EvangelouDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5488-2999
Evangelos C RizosDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Greece.
Evangelia NtzaniDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3712-4181
Eleni AretouliLaboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Konstantinos K TsilidisDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-8452-8472
University of Ioannina · GRAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GREuropean University Cyprus · CY

Funding

Operational Programme "Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship & Innovation" ΟΠΣ 5047228Operational Programme Epirus 2014-2020 of the Prefecture of Epirus ΗΠ1ΑΒ-0028180
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Mediterranean diet is commonly proposed as a major modifiable protective factor that may delay cognitive impairment in the elderly. The aim of the study was to investigate the cross-sectional association of adherence to the Mediterranean diet with cognitive abilities in a younger Greek population. A total of 1201 healthy adults aged 21-77 years (mean: 47.8) from the Epirus Health Study cohort were included in the analysis. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet was measured using the 14-point Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) and cognition was measured using the Trail Making Test, the Verbal Fluency test and the Logical Memory test. Statistical analysis was performed using multiple linear regression models adjusted for age, sex, education, body mass index, smoking status, alcohol consumption and physical activity. Overall, no association was found between the MEDAS score and cognitive tests, which could be explained by the young mean age and high level of education of the participants. Future studies should target young and middle-aged individuals to gain further understanding of the association between Mediterranean diet and cognition in this age group.

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Diet, MediterraneanPatient ComplianceAdultAgedCognitionFemaleGreeceHumansLife StyleLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedYoung Adultcognitioncognitive abilitiescross-sectionalexecutive functionsMediterranean dietmemorymiddle-agednutrition

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