ArticleClinical nutrition ESPEN2021
DASH diet adherence and cognitive function: Multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.
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- Whole Dietary Patterns, Cognitive Decline and Cognitive Disorders: A Systematic Review of Prospective and Intervention Studies.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
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- Prevention of cognitive decline and dementia: Current evidence on lifestyle factors and dietary patterns.EXCLI journal · 2026Review
- Impact of Diverse Dietary Patterns on Cognitive Health: Cumulative Evidence from Prospective Cohort Studies.Nutrients · 2025Review
- A Comprehensive Review of the Triangular Relationship Among Diet, Gut Microbiota, and Aging.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Management and Prevention of Neurodegenerative Disorders: Can Antioxidant-Rich Dietary Interventions Help?Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The role of diet in moderating the relationship between symptoms of depression and brain amyloid load.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Association between the DASH diet and Alzheimer's disease in a case-control study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Diets to promote healthy brain ageing.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2025Review
- Association between behavioural risk factors for hypertension and concordance with the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension dietary pattern among South Asians in the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study.Journal of nutritional science · 2025Article
- Mid-life adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet and late-life subjective cognitive complaints in women.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- Influence of Nutritional Interventions on Functional Outcomes in Stroke Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Concordance between Dash Diet and Hypertension: Results from the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Impact of the Level of Adherence to the DASH Diet on Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Metabolites · 2023Review
- Dietary Patterns and Alzheimer's Disease: An Updated Review Linking Nutrition to Neuroscience.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Heterogeneity of Alzheimer's disease identified by neuropsychological test profiling.PloS one · 2023Article
- Dietary Habits Modify the Association of Physical Exercise with Cognitive Impairment in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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aimsThe Adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet has been associated with better cognitive function in studies of predominantly White participants; few studies have examined this association in diverse cohorts. Our objective was to examine the association between the DASH diet and cognitive function in the diverse Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort.
methodsAmong 4169 MESA participants, we evaluated prospectively, the association between DASH diet adherence and cognitive function. Participants completed a food frequency questionnaire at baseline (2000-2002) and cognitive function was assessed using the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI), Digit Symbol Coding (DSC), and Digit Span (DS) at Exam 5 in 2010-2012 and Exam 6 (2016-2019). Regression analyses were used to evaluate the association between quintiles of DASH diet adherence with CASI, DSC, and DS performance and decline, adjusting for potential confounders. Effect modification by hypertension, diabetes, race/ethnicity, acculturation, and exercise were evaluated.
resultsDASH diet adherence was not associated with cognitive performance or decline for any of the measures. There were no differences by racial/ethnic groups, with the exception that Hispanic participants reporting greater DASH diet adherence, performed worse on DS at Exam 5 (p = 0.05). Components of the DASH diet were differentially correlated with test performance: increased consumption of nuts/legumes was associated with better performance on the CASI at Exam 5 (p = 0.003) and Exam 6 (p = 0.007). Increased consumption of whole grains was associated with better DSC performance at Exam 5 (p = 0.04) and better DS performance at Exam 6 (p = 0.01).
conclusionsDASH diet adherence was nominally associated with cognitive function with a suggestion of differences by race/ethnicity. Future work should examine more closely, the relationships between racial and ethnic groups and the impact of diet on cognitive function.
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