Vitamin D status and measures of cognitive function in healthy older European adults

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1172-1178

  Seamans, K M ^a   Hill, T R ^a   Scully, L ^a   Meunier, N ^b   Andrillo Sanchez, M ^c   Polito, A ^d   Hininger Favier, I ^c   Ciarapica, D ^d   Simpson, E E A ^e   Stewart Knox, B J ^e   O'Connor, J M ^e   Coudray, C ^b   Cashman, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D; cognition; elderly; vitamin D status

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CALCIFEDIOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77957832046     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.117     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Andersen R, Mølgaard C, Skovgaard LT, Brot C, Cashman KD, Chabros E et al. (2005). Teenage girls and elderly women living in northern Europe have low winter vitamin D status. Eur J Clin Nutr 59, 533-541.
2. Annweiler C, Schott AM, Allali G, Bridenbaugh SA, Kressig RW, Allain P et al. (2010). Association of vitamin D deficiency with cognitive impairment in older women: cross-sectional study. Neurology 74, 27-32.
3. Bischoff-Ferrari HA, Giovannucci E, Willett WC, Dietrich T, Dawson-Hughes B (2006). Estimation of optimal serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D for multiple health outcomes. Am J Clin Nutr 84, 18-28.
4. Buell JS, Dawson-Hughes B (2008). Vitamin D and neurocognitive dysfunction: preventing 'D'ecline? Mol Aspects Med 29, 415-422.
5. Buell JS, Scott TM, Dawson-Hughes B, Dallal GE, Rosenberg IH, Folstein MF et al. (2009). Vitamin D is associated with cognitive function in elders receiving home health services. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64, 888-895.
6. Calvo MS, Whiting SJ, Barton CN (2004). Vitamin D fortification in the United States and Canada: current status and data needs. Am J Clin Nutr 80, 1710S-1716S.
7. Cashman KD, Hill TR, Cotter AA, Boreham CA, Dubitzky W, Murray L et al. (2008). Low vitamin D status adversely affects bone health parameters in adolescents. Am J Clin Nutr 87, 1039-1044.
8. Cashman KD, Horigan G, Hill TR, Lucey AJ, Bonham MP, Taylor N et al. (2009). Estimation of the dietary requirement for vitamin D in free-living adults over 64 years of age. Am J Clin Nutr 89, 1-9.
9. Coudray C, O'Connor JM, Maiani G, Cashman KD, Simpson EE, Secker DL et al. (2005). Introduction to the ZENITH study and summary of baseline results. Eur J Clin Nutr 59, S5-S7.
10. Coull JT, Frith CD, Frackowiak RS, Grasby PM (1996). A fronto-pariet al network for rapid visual information processing: a PET study of sustained attention and working memory. Neuropsychologia 34, 1085-1095.
11. Elliott R, Sahakian BJ (1995). The neuropsychology of schizophrenia: relations with clinical and neurobiological dimensions. Psychol Med 25, 581-594.
12. Finch S, Doyle W, Lowe C, Bates CJ, Prentice A, Smithers G et al. (1998). National Diet and Nutrition Survey: people aged 65 years and over. Volume 1: report of the diet and nutrition survey. The Stationery Office: London, UK.
13. Folstein MF, Folstein SE, McHugh PR (1975). 'Mini-mental state'. A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. J Psychiatr Res 12, 189-198.
14. Geda YE, Roberts RO, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Christianson TJ, Pankratz VS et al. (2008). Prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in mild cognitive impairment and normal cognitive aging: population-based study. Arch Gen Psychiatry 65, 1193-1198.
15. Gloth III FM, Gundberg CM, Hollis BW, Haddad Jr JG, Tobin JD (1995). Vitamin D deficiency in homebound elderly persons. JAMA 274, 1683-1686.
16. Heaney RP, Weaver CM (2004). Calcium and vitamin D. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 32, 181-194.
17. Holick MF (2004). Sunlight and vitamin D for bone health and prevention of autoimmune diseases, cancers and cardiovascular disease. Am J Clin Nutr 80, 1678S-1688S.
18. Institute of Medicine Food and Nutrition Board (1997). Dietary Reference Intakes: Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Vitamin D, and Fluoride. National Academy Press: Washington, DC
19. Jorde R, Waterloo K, Saleh F, Haug E, Svartberg J (2006). Neuropsychological function in relation to serum parathyroid hormone and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. The Tromsø study. J Neurol 253, 464-470.
20. Lips P (2001). Vitamin D deficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism in the elderly: consequences for bone loss and fractures and therapeutic implications. Endocr Rev 22, 477-501.
21. Lips P (2004). Which circulating level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D is appropriate? J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 89, 611-614.
22. Lips P, Hosking D, Lippuner K, Norquist JM, Wehren L, Maalouf G et al. (2006). The prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy amongst women with osteoporosis: an international epidemiological investigation. J Intern Med 260, 245-254.
23. Luciana M, Nelson CA (2002). Assessment of neuropsychological function through use of the Cambridge Neuropsychological Testing Automated Battery: performance in 4-to 12-year-old children. Dev Neuropsychol 22, 595-624.
24. MacLaughlin J, Holick MF (1985). Aging decreases the capacity of human skin to produce vitamin D3. J Clin Invest 76, 1536-1538.
25. McCann JC, Ames BN (2008). Is there convincing biological or behavioral evidence linking vitamin D deficiency to brain dysfunction? FASEB J 22, 982-1001.
26. McGrathJ, Scragg R, Chant D, Eyles D, Burne T, Obradovic D (2007). No association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 level and performance on psychometric tests in NHANES III. Neuroepidemiology 29, 49-54.
27. McKenna MJ (1992). Differences in vitamin D status between countries in young adults and the elderly. Am J Med 93, 69-77.
28. Ooms ME, Lips P, Roos JC, van der Vijgh WJ, Popp-Snijders C, Bezemer PD et al. (1995). Vitamin D status and sex hormone binding globulin: determinants of bone turnover and bone mineral density in elderly women. J Bone Miner Res 10, 1177-1184.
29. Owen AM, Morris RG, Sahakian BJ, Polkey CE, Robbins TW (1996). Double dissociations of memory and executive functions in working memory tasks following frontal lobe excisions, temporal lobe excisions or amygdalo-hippocampectomy in man. Brain 119, 1597-1615.
30. Parfitt AM, Gallagher JC, Heaney RP, Johnston CC, Neer R, Whedon GD (1982). Vitamin D and bone health in the elderly. Am J Clin Nutr 36, 1014-1031.
31. Polito A, Meunier N, Andriollo-Sanchez M, Catasta G, Azzini E, Simpson EE et al. (2005). Screening and recruitment procedure of late-middle aged and older subjects: the ZENITH study. Eur J Clin Nutr 59, S8-S12.
32. Przybelski RJ, Binkley NC (2007). Is vitamin D important for preserving cognition? A positive correlation of serum 25-hydro-xyvitamin D concentration with cognitive function. Arch Biochem Biophys 460, 202-205.
33. Robbins TW, James M, Owen AM, Sahakian BJ, McInnes L, Rabbitt P (1994). Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB): a factor analytic study of a large sample of normal elderly volunteers. Dementia 5, 266-281.
34. Simpson EE, Maylor EA, Rae G, Meunier N, Andriollo-Sanchez M, Catasta G et al. (2005). Cognitive function in healthy older European adults: the ZENITH study. Eur J Clin Nutr 59, S26-S30.
35. Slinin Y, Pudel ML, Taylor BC, Fink HA, Ishani A, Canales MT et al. (2010). 25-Hydroxyvitamin D levels and cognitive performance and decline in elderly men. Neurology 74, 33-41.
36. UK Department of Health (1998). Nutrition and Bone Health: with particular reference to calcium and vitamin D. Report on Health and Social Subjects (49). The Stationery Office: London, UK
37. van der Wielen RP, Löwik MR, van den Berg H, de Groot LC, Haller J, Moreiras O et al. (1995). Serum vitamin D concentrations among elderly people in Europe. Lancet 346, 207-210.
38. Wilkins CH, Sheline YI, Roe CM, Birge SJ, Morris JC (2006). Vitamin D deficiency is associated with low mood and worse cognitive performance in older adults. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 14, 1032-1040.
39. Yesavage JA, Brink TL, Rose TL, Lum O, Huang V, Adey M et al. (1983). Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: a preliminary report. J Psychiatr Res 17, 37-49.
40. Zittermann A (2003). Vitamin D in preventive medicine: are we ignoring the evidence? Br J Nutr 89, 552-572.