Sugar-sweetened beverages consumption in midlife and risk of late-life cognitive impairment in Chinese adults
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2020.01.011
- VernacularTitle: 中年含糖饮料摄入频率与老年认知障碍的关系
- Author:
Yuge ZHANG
1
,
2
;
Jing WU
1
,
2
;
Lei FENG
3
;
Jianmin YUAN
4
,
5
;
Woon-Puay KOH
6
,
7
;
An PAN
1
,
2
Author Information
1. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
2. Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
3. Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
4. UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
5. Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
6. Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore
7. Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore 117549, Singapore
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Sugar-sweetened beverages;
Cognitive impairment;
Cohort study
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2020;41(1):55-61
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate whether midlife consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), including juices and soft drinks, were associated with late-life cognitive impairment in Chinese adults.
Methods:Follow up was conducted for participants from Singapore Chinese Health Study, a population-based prospective cohort, for 16-23 (mean 20) years. The information about their SSBs consumption were collected at baseline survey from 1993 to 1998 by using a validated food frequency questionnaire and their cognition status were evaluated by using a Singapore-modified Mini-Mental State Examination Scale in the 3rd follow-up visit during 2014- 2016. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to estimate the ORs and 95%CIs.
Results:A total of 16 948 participants were included in the analysis and 2 443 of them were identified as cognitive impairment using education-specific cutoffs. Sex, age, ancestral home, education level, physical activity level, total diet fiber intake level, BMI, alcohol drinking were significantly associated with cognitive impairment (P<0.05). After adjusted the above variables, potential dietary variables and disease status, no significant association was observed between SSBs consumption and cognitive impairment (P>0.05). Compared with those who never or hardly ever drank soft drinks, no significant differences in cognitive impairment risk were observed for those who drank soft drinks 2 or more times a week (OR=0.91, 95%CI: 0.77-1.08), those who drank 1 time a week (OR=1.00, 95%CI:0.82-1.23) and those who drank 1-3 times a month (OR=0.94, 95%CI: 0.80-1.09) (trend P=0.306). Compared with those who never or hardly ever drank juices, no significant differences in cognitive impairment risk were observed for those who drank juices 2 or more times a week (OR=1.03, 95%CI:0.88-1.20), those who drank 1 time a week (OR=0.96, 95%CI: 0.82-1.12) and those who drank 1-3 times a month (OR=0.94, 95%CI: 0.82-1.08) (trend P=0.930). No significant interactions were found with age, sex, and BMI status.
Conclusion:SSBs consumption in midlife was not significantly associated with risk of late-life cognitive impairment in Singaporean Chinese adults with relatively low consumption levels. Further researches are needed to verify the results.
