Genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease and adherence to the Mediterranean diet : results from the HELIAD study

Obejctives: The aim of the current study was to investigate whether genetic risk factors may moderate the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and AD incidence.Mehtods: The sample was drawn from the HELIAD study, a longitudinal study with a follow-up interval of 3 years. In total 537 older adults without dementia or AD at baseline were included. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet was assessed at baseline and AD diagnosis was determined at both visits. A Polygenic Index for late onset AD (PGI-AD) was constructed. Cox proportional hazard models adjusted for age, sex, education, baseline Global cognition score and APOE e-4 genotype were employed to evaluate the association between PGI-AD and Mediterranean diet with AD incidence. Next, we examined the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and AD risk over time across participants stratified by low and high PGI-AD.Results: Twenty-eight participants developed AD at follow-up. In fully adjusted models both the PGI-AD and the adherence to the Mediterranean diet were associated with AD risk (p < 0.05 for both). In the low PGI-AD group, those with a low adherence had a 10-fold higher risk of developing AD per year of follow-up, than did the participants with a high adherence to the Mediterranean diet (p = 0.011), whereas no such association was found for participants in the high PGI-AD group.Discussion: The association of Mediterranean diet with AD risk is more prominent in the group of older adults with a low polygenic risk for developing AD. Our findings suggest that genetic risk factors should be taken into account when planning interventions aiming to improve cognitive health.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Nutritional neuroscience - 27(2024), 3 vom: 24. Feb., Seite 289-299

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mamalaki, Eirini [VerfasserIn]
Charisis, Sokratis [VerfasserIn]
Mourtzi, Niki [VerfasserIn]
Hatzimanolis, Alexandros [VerfasserIn]
Ntanasi, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Kosmidis, Mary H [VerfasserIn]
Constantinides, Vasilios C [VerfasserIn]
Pantes, Georgios [VerfasserIn]
Kolovou, Dimitra [VerfasserIn]
Dardiotis, Efthimios [VerfasserIn]
Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios [VerfasserIn]
Sakka, Paraskevi [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Yian [VerfasserIn]
Yannakoulia, Mary [VerfasserIn]
Scarmeas, Nikolaos [VerfasserIn]

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APOE
Cognitive health
Dementia
Elderly
Journal Article
Nutrition
PGI
PRS

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Date Completed 21.02.2024

Date Revised 21.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/1028415X.2023.2187952

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354668870