在50岁及以上的美国成年人中,粮食不安全,记忆力和痴呆症
Haobing Qian1, Aayush Khadka1, Suzanna M Martinez2
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
JAMA network open
|November 21, 2023
概括
老年人的粮食不安全与更高的痴呆风险和更快的记忆力下降有关. 解决食物获取问题可能对维持老龄人口的认知健康至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 食品不安全在美国老年人中普遍存在,尽管有联邦计划.
- 粮食不安全与阿尔茨海默氏症和相关痴呆症之间的关联研究不足.
- 了解这种联系对于针对认知衰退的公共卫生倡议至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查老年人粮食不安全与晚年生活中的认知结果之间的联系.
- 在食物不安全的老年人中量化痴呆和记忆衰退的风险.
- 为旨在减轻老龄人口认知障碍的战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 一项使用美国健康与退休研究 (2013-2018) 数据的队列研究.
- 50岁以上的参与者使用美国农业部的模块评估了粮食安全状态 (安全,低,非常低).
- 认知结果,包括痴呆症概率和记忆得分,使用概括估计方程和线性混合效应模型进行了分析.
主要成果:
- 粮食不安全与痴呆的可能性增加有关 (OR为1.38低,1.37非常低).
- 经历低或非常低的粮食安全与较低的记忆得分和加速的记忆衰退相关.
- 该研究包括7012名参与者,代表18356个人波,平均年龄为67.7岁.
结论:
- 粮食不安全与老年人的痴呆风险增加和认知功能低下有显著的关联.
- 研究结果表明,在老年人中,食物获取与大脑健康之间存在潜在联系.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索解决粮食不安全问题的干预措施,以获得认知健康的好处.
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