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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2022

Cognitive Status and Nutritional Markers in a Sample of Institutionalized Elderly People.

María Leirós, Elena Amenedo, Marina Rodríguez, Paula Pazo-Álvarez, Luis Franco, Rosaura Leis, Miguel-Ángel Martínez-Olmos, Constantino Arce, Rest of NUTRIAGE Study Researchers

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Association between higher serum uric acid levels and cognitive function: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

María LeirósResearch Group in Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (NECEA), Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
Elena AmenedoResearch Group in Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (NECEA), Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
Marina RodríguezResearch Group in Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (NECEA), Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
Paula Pazo-ÁlvarezResearch Group in Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (NECEA), Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
Luis FrancoEconomic Analysis and Modeling Group, Instituto de Estudios y Desarrollo de Galicia (IDEGA), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Rosaura LeisPediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Unit, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Miguel-Ángel Martínez-OlmosCIBEROBN (Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition), Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
Constantino ArceDepartment of Social, Basic and Methodology Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Universidade de Santiago de Compostela · ESComplejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago · ESSpanish Biomedical Research Centre in Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Since many of the risk factors for cognitive decline can be modified by diet, the study of nutrition and its relationships with cognitive status in aging has increased considerably in recent years. However, there are hardly any studies that have assessed cognitive status using a comprehensive set of neuropsychological tests along with measures of functional capacity and mood and that have related it to nutritional status measured from several nutritional parameters that have shown its relationships with cognitive function. Objective: To test the differences in depressive symptomatology and in several measures of nutritional status between three groups classified according to their cognitive status (CS hereafter). Method: One hundred thirteen participants from nursing homes in Galicia, Spain, underwent a comprehensive neuropsychological examination, including a general screening test (MMSE) and tests for different cognitive domains along with measures of activities of daily living (ADL) and assessment of depressive symptomatology (GDS-SF). According to established clinical criteria, participants were divided into three CS groups, Cognitively Intact (CI), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and All-Cause Dementia (ACD). Nutritional status was also examined using blood-derived measures, body mass index (BMI) and a nutritional screening test (MNA-SF). Differences between CS groups in all nutritional variables were studied by one-way ANOVAs with Results: Differences between CS groups were statistically significant for depressive symptomatology, vitamin A and D, albumin, selenium (Se), uric acid (UA), and BMI. The results of multinomial logistic regression found positive associations between groups with better CS and higher concentrations of vitamins A and D, transthyretin (TTR), albumin, Se, and UA, while negative associations were found for BMI. Conclusion: Higher serum levels of vitamin A, vitamin D, TTR, albumin, Se, and UA could act as protective factors against cognitive decline, whereas higher BMI could act as a risk factor.

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agingblood biomarkerscognitive statusdementiamild cognitive impairment (MCI)nursing homesnutritional markersnutritional status

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