The association between an inflammatory diet and global cognitive function and incident dementia in older women: The Women's Health Initiative Memory Study

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1187-1196

  Hayden, Kathleen M ^a   Beavers, Daniel P ^a   Steck, Susan E ^b   Hebert, James R ^b,c   Tabung, Fred K ^d   Shivappa, Nitin ^b,c   Casanova, Ramon ^a   Manson, JoAnn E ^e   Padula, Claudia B ^f   Salmoirago Blotcher, Elena ^g   Snetselaar, Linda G ^h   Zaslavsky, Oleg ⁱ   Rapp, Stephen R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Department of Nutrition   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Dementia; Diet; Inflammation; Mild cognitive impairment; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIETARY INFLAMMATORY INDEX; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TRAIL MAKING TEST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIET; INFLAMMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DEMENTIA; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 85020390372     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.04.004     Document Type: Article

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