DIETARY STUDY IN CUBAN ELDERLY WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (AD) OR MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT (MCI)

• Published in: Annals of nutrition and metabolism 2017-10, Vol.71 (Suppl. 2), p.500
• Main Authors: Domínguez, Yeneisy Lanyau, Matos, Consuelo Macías, Llibre Rodríguez, Juan Jesús, Suárez, Armando Rodríguez, Eugenia Quintero Alejo, María, Oriol, Caridad Arocha, Domínguez, Maybe Díaz, Medina, Ramón Suárez, Javier, Dania Herrera
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adults; Alzheimer's disease; Cereals; Chi-square test; Cognitive ability; Data analysis; Data processing; Dementia disorders; Diet; Epidemiology; Fats; Food; Food intake; Fruits; Geriatrics; Grain; Impairment; Neurodegenerative diseases; Nutrition; Older people; Tubers; Vegetables
• ISSN: 0250-6807; 1421-9697
• DOI: 10.1159/000480486

Background and objectives: Background: Alzheimer's Disease, the most common form of dementia, is increasing at a rhythm without precedents at worldwide. Some epidemiological studies have explored the relation between the diet and AD, some foods have been relationed with dementia, while others no. Objectives: To evaluate the association between the food intake with MCI and AD with in Cuban elderly. Methods: Cross sectional study in 424 subjects older than 65 years; 43 with AD, 131 with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and 250 normal subjects from Havana City. Dementia was diagnosed using the 10/66 Dementia and DSM-IV criteria and MCI with the Petersen criteria. Diet was evaluated using a weekly food-frequency questionnaire. Pearson's Chi square and prevalence ratios were used for data analysis. Results: Food intake was not different between studied groups, with exception that cereals and tubers, intake was lowest in AD group. Fish, grains+fruits, vegetables, fats intake was inadequate in 80%, 60%, 50%, 50 % respectively, in the subjects of the three groups. It was not found any association between inadequate intake of different foods with the prevalence MCI and AD, only the inadequate intake of cereals and tubers was associated significantly with the prevalence of AD. Conclusions: High frequency of older adults of three groups had insufficient intake of fish, grains+fruits, vegetables and fats. Only the insufficient intake the cereals and tubers was associated significantly with the prevalence of AD.