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Relationship between body fat and cognitive function in individuals with diabetes mellitus
Micaela Rabelo Quadra1, Antônio Augusto Schäfer2, Fernanda Oliveira Meller2
1Laboratory of Neurometabolic Diseases, Laboratory of Translational Biomedicine, Health Sciences Graduate Program, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Criciúma, Brazil.
Aim:
To investigate the relationship between body fat and cognitive function in individuals with Diabetes mellitus (DM).
Methods:
Cross-sectional study conducted at a clinical school between March and August 2023. Individuals aged ≥18 years, with medical diagnosis of DM type 1 or 2, treated at the clinical school were included. The outcome was cognitive function, assessed using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. The exposure was body fat, measured by skinfolds. Crude and adjusted analyses were conducted using Poisson regression, with results reported as prevalence ratios (PR) and their corresponding 95 % confidence intervals (95 % CI).
Results:
A total of 365 individuals were studied. 67.9 % exhibited cognitive decline and 91.8 % had excess body fat. Although no association between excess body fat and cognitive decline was found in the crude analysis, an association emerged in the adjusted analyses. Individuals with DM and excess body fat had a 26 % lower prevalence of cognitive decline than those without excess body fat (PR = 0.74, 95%CI 0.62-0.88).
Conclusion:
Excess body fat appears to be associated with a lower prevalence of cognitive decline, underscoring the complexity of this relationship and suggesting caution in interpreting these findings.
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