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Does food insufficiency in childhood contribute to dementia in later life?

BACKGROUND: Despite several studies attempting to identify the risk factors for dementia, little is known about the impact of childhood living conditions on cognitive function in later life. The present study aims to examine the unique contribution of food insufficiency in childhood to dementia in o...

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Autores principales: Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi, Haron, Sharifah Azizah, Hamid, Tengku Aizan, Ibrahim, Rahimah, Masud, Jariah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4279670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25565786
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S69220
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author Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi
Haron, Sharifah Azizah
Hamid, Tengku Aizan
Ibrahim, Rahimah
Masud, Jariah
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Haron, Sharifah Azizah
Hamid, Tengku Aizan
Ibrahim, Rahimah
Masud, Jariah
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description BACKGROUND: Despite several studies attempting to identify the risk factors for dementia, little is known about the impact of childhood living conditions on cognitive function in later life. The present study aims to examine the unique contribution of food insufficiency in childhood to dementia in old age. METHODS: Data for this study of 2,745 older Malaysians aged 60 years and older was obtained from a national survey entitled “Mental Health and Quality of Life of Older Malaysians” conducted from 2003 through 2005 using a cross-sectional design. The Geriatric Mental State-Automated Geriatric Examination for Computer Assisted Taxonomy was used to measure dementia. A multiple binary logistic regression using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 21 was conducted to assess the unique effect of food insufficiency in childhood on developing dementia in old age. RESULTS: A notably higher prevalence of dementia was found in respondents who indicated they had experienced food insufficiency in childhood than in their food-sufficient counterparts (23.5% versus 14.3%). The findings from multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that food insufficiency in childhood would independently increase the risk of developing dementia in old age by 81%, after adjusting for sociodemographic factors (odds ratio =1.81, 95% confidence interval 1.13–2.92, P<0.01). CONCLUSION: Findings from the present study showing that food insufficiency in early life significantly contributes to dementia in later life highlight the importance of childhood living conditions in maintaining cognitive function in old age. It is, therefore, suggested that older adults with childhood food insufficiency might be targeted for programs designed to prevent dementia.
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spelling pubmed-42796702015-01-06 Does food insufficiency in childhood contribute to dementia in later life? Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi Haron, Sharifah Azizah Hamid, Tengku Aizan Ibrahim, Rahimah Masud, Jariah Clin Interv Aging Original Research BACKGROUND: Despite several studies attempting to identify the risk factors for dementia, little is known about the impact of childhood living conditions on cognitive function in later life. The present study aims to examine the unique contribution of food insufficiency in childhood to dementia in old age. METHODS: Data for this study of 2,745 older Malaysians aged 60 years and older was obtained from a national survey entitled “Mental Health and Quality of Life of Older Malaysians” conducted from 2003 through 2005 using a cross-sectional design. The Geriatric Mental State-Automated Geriatric Examination for Computer Assisted Taxonomy was used to measure dementia. A multiple binary logistic regression using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 21 was conducted to assess the unique effect of food insufficiency in childhood on developing dementia in old age. RESULTS: A notably higher prevalence of dementia was found in respondents who indicated they had experienced food insufficiency in childhood than in their food-sufficient counterparts (23.5% versus 14.3%). The findings from multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that food insufficiency in childhood would independently increase the risk of developing dementia in old age by 81%, after adjusting for sociodemographic factors (odds ratio =1.81, 95% confidence interval 1.13–2.92, P<0.01). CONCLUSION: Findings from the present study showing that food insufficiency in early life significantly contributes to dementia in later life highlight the importance of childhood living conditions in maintaining cognitive function in old age. It is, therefore, suggested that older adults with childhood food insufficiency might be targeted for programs designed to prevent dementia. Dove Medical Press 2014-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4279670/ /pubmed/25565786 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S69220 Text en © 2015 Momtaz et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Hamid, Tengku Aizan
Ibrahim, Rahimah
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Does food insufficiency in childhood contribute to dementia in later life?
title Does food insufficiency in childhood contribute to dementia in later life?
title_full Does food insufficiency in childhood contribute to dementia in later life?
title_fullStr Does food insufficiency in childhood contribute to dementia in later life?
title_full_unstemmed Does food insufficiency in childhood contribute to dementia in later life?
title_short Does food insufficiency in childhood contribute to dementia in later life?
title_sort does food insufficiency in childhood contribute to dementia in later life?
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4279670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25565786
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S69220
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