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Folate, Vitamin B(12), and Homocysteine as Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly
OBJECTIVE: Cross-sectional studies have shown that the dysregulation of one-carbon metabolism is associated with cognitive impairment. However, the findings of longitudinal studies investigating this association have been inconsistent. This study investigated the prospective associations between cog...
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Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2796089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20046406 http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2008.5.1.36 |
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author | Kim, Jae-Min Kim, Sung-Wan Shin, Il-Seon Yang, Su-Jin Park, Woo-Young Kim, Sung-Jin Shin, Hee-Young Yoon, Jin-Sang |
author_facet | Kim, Jae-Min Kim, Sung-Wan Shin, Il-Seon Yang, Su-Jin Park, Woo-Young Kim, Sung-Jin Shin, Hee-Young Yoon, Jin-Sang |
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description | OBJECTIVE: Cross-sectional studies have shown that the dysregulation of one-carbon metabolism is associated with cognitive impairment. However, the findings of longitudinal studies investigating this association have been inconsistent. This study investigated the prospective associations between cognitive decline and the levels of folate, vitamin B(12) and homocysteine both at baseline and over course of the study period. METHODS: A total of 607 (83%) elderly individuals were selected from a group of 732 elderly individuals without dementia at baseline and followed over a 2.4-year study period. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) was administered to the subjects, and the serum levels of folate, vitamin B(12) and homocysteine were assayed both at baseline and at follow-up examinations. Covariates included demographic data, disability, depression, alcohol consumption, physical activity, vascular risk factors, serum creatinine level, vitamin intake, and apolipoprotein E genotype. RESULTS: Cognitive decline was associated with decreasing quintiles of folate at baseline, a relative decline in folate and an increase in homocysteine across the two examinations after adjustment for relevant covariates. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that folate and homocysteine are involved in the etiology of cognitive decline in the elderly. |
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spelling | pubmed-27960892009-12-30 Folate, Vitamin B(12), and Homocysteine as Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly Kim, Jae-Min Kim, Sung-Wan Shin, Il-Seon Yang, Su-Jin Park, Woo-Young Kim, Sung-Jin Shin, Hee-Young Yoon, Jin-Sang Psychiatry Investig Original Article OBJECTIVE: Cross-sectional studies have shown that the dysregulation of one-carbon metabolism is associated with cognitive impairment. However, the findings of longitudinal studies investigating this association have been inconsistent. This study investigated the prospective associations between cognitive decline and the levels of folate, vitamin B(12) and homocysteine both at baseline and over course of the study period. METHODS: A total of 607 (83%) elderly individuals were selected from a group of 732 elderly individuals without dementia at baseline and followed over a 2.4-year study period. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) was administered to the subjects, and the serum levels of folate, vitamin B(12) and homocysteine were assayed both at baseline and at follow-up examinations. Covariates included demographic data, disability, depression, alcohol consumption, physical activity, vascular risk factors, serum creatinine level, vitamin intake, and apolipoprotein E genotype. RESULTS: Cognitive decline was associated with decreasing quintiles of folate at baseline, a relative decline in folate and an increase in homocysteine across the two examinations after adjustment for relevant covariates. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that folate and homocysteine are involved in the etiology of cognitive decline in the elderly. Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2008-03 2008-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC2796089/ /pubmed/20046406 http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2008.5.1.36 Text en Copyright © 2008 Official Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Kim, Jae-Min Kim, Sung-Wan Shin, Il-Seon Yang, Su-Jin Park, Woo-Young Kim, Sung-Jin Shin, Hee-Young Yoon, Jin-Sang Folate, Vitamin B(12), and Homocysteine as Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly |
title | Folate, Vitamin B(12), and Homocysteine as Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly |
title_full | Folate, Vitamin B(12), and Homocysteine as Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly |
title_fullStr | Folate, Vitamin B(12), and Homocysteine as Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly |
title_full_unstemmed | Folate, Vitamin B(12), and Homocysteine as Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly |
title_short | Folate, Vitamin B(12), and Homocysteine as Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly |
title_sort | folate, vitamin b(12), and homocysteine as risk factors for cognitive decline in the elderly |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2796089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20046406 http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2008.5.1.36 |
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