Nut Consumption Is Associated with Cognitive Status in Southern Italian Adults
Godos J, Giampieri F, Frias-Toral E, Zambrano-Villacres R, Vistorte AOR, Yélamos Torres V, Battino M, Galvano F, Castellano S, Grosso G
Nutrients · 3 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
- Intake measured by
- Food frequency questionnaire
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- European Commission
- Grants
- European Commission (2014‐2020 DM1062 / 2021); European Commission (2014‐2020); European Commission (DM 1062/2021); European Commission (CUP: E65F21002560001); European Commission (E65F21002560001)
Based on 1 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2025-01-30 · Nutrients · vol. 17 · issue 3 · p. 521
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 6 citations · more than 90% of similar papers · 3.0× the field average
- References
- 73 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Nuts composition and effects · Oral Health Pathology and Treatment · Peanut Plant Research Studies
- Keywords
- Confounding, Mediterranean diet, Medicine, Odds ratio, Confidence interval, Cognition, Logistic regression, Nut, Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance, Cross-sectional study, Demography, Environmental health, Multivariate analysis, Gerontology, Cognitive test, Internal medicine, Psychiatry
- MeSH
- humans, nuts, diet, logistic models, cross-sectional studies, cognition, diet, mediterranean, aged, aged, 80 and over, middle aged, italy, female, male, surveys and questionnaires, cognitive dysfunction
10 authors
From IT, CN, ES, EC, MX, CL
- Justyna Godos · correspondingUniversity of Catania
- Francesca Giampieri · correspondingJiangsu University; Marche Polytechnic University; Universidad Europea del Atlántico
- Evelyn Frías-ToralUniversidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil
- Raynier Zambrano-VillacresUniversidad Espíritu Santo
- Angel Olider Rojas VistorteUniversidad Europea del Atlántico; Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana
- Vanessa Yélamos TorresIbero American University; Universidad Internacional; Universidad Europea del Atlántico; Universidad La República; Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana; Universidad de la Romana; Ibero-American University Puebla
Abstract
Background
Nut consumption has been considered a potential protective factor against cognitive decline. The aim of this study was to test whether higher total and specific nut intake was associated with better cognitive status in a sample of older Italian adults.
Methods
A cross-sectional analysis on 883 older adults (>50 y) was conducted. A 110-item food frequency questionnaire was used to collect information on the consumption of various types of nuts. The Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire was used to assess cognitive status. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between nut intake and cognitive status after adjusting for potential confounding factors.
Results
The median intake of total nuts was 11.7 g/day and served as a cut-off to categorize low and high consumers (mean intake 4.3 g/day vs. 39.7 g/day, respectively). Higher total nut intake was significantly associated with a lower prevalence of impaired cognitive status among older individuals (OR = 0.35, CI 95%: 0.15, 0.84) after adjusting for potential confounding factors. Notably, this association remained significant after additional adjustment for adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern as an indicator of diet quality, (OR = 0.32, CI 95%: 0.13, 0.77). No significant associations were found between cognitive status and specific types of nuts.
Conclusions
Habitual nut intake is associated with better cognitive status in older adults.
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