Serum folate, vitamin B-12 and cognitive function in middle and older age: The HAPIEE study

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2016.01.011" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.exger.2016.01.011</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Serum folate, vitamin B-12 and cognitive function in middle and older age: The HAPIEE study

Original language description

Background: Nutrient status of B vitamins, particularly folate and vitamin B-12, may be related to cognitive ageing but epidemiological evidence remains inconclusive. Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the association of serum folate and vitamin B-12 concentrations with cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults from three Central and Eastern European populations. Methods: Men and women aged 45-69 at baseline participating in the Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors in Eastern Europe (HAPIEE) study were recruited in Krakow (Poland), Kaunas (Lithuania) and six urban centres in the Czech Republic. Tests of immediate and delayed recall, verbal fluency and letter search were administered at baseline and repeated in 2006-2008. Serum concentrations of biomarkers at baseline were measured in a sub-sample of participants. Associations of vitamin quartiles with baseline (n=4166) and follow-up (n=2739) cognitive domain-specific z-scores were estimated using multiple linear regression. Results: After adjusting for confounders, folate was positively associated with letter search and vitamin B-12 with word recall in cross-sectional analyses. In prospective analyses, participants in the highest quartile of folate had higher verbal fluency and immediate recall scores compared to those in the bottom quartile. In addition, participants in the highest quartile of vitamin B-12 had significantly higher verbal fluency scores (beta = 0.12; 95% CI=0.02, 0.21). Conclusions: Folate and vitamin B-12 were positively associated with performance in some but not all cognitive domains in older Central and Eastern Europeans. These findings do not lend unequivocal support to potential importance of folate and vitamin B-12 status for cognitive function in older age. Long-term longitudinal studies and randomised trials are required before drawing conclusions on the role of these vitamins in cognitive decline.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FQ - Public health system, social medicine

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Experimental Gerontology

ISSN

0531-5565

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

76

Issue of the periodical within the volume

April

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

33-38

UT code for WoS article

000371355200005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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