(20-04-10) Food Combination and Alzheimer Disease Risk: A Protective Diet.

Gu Y, Nieves JW, Stern Y, Luchsinger JA, Scarmeas N.
Stern, Luchsinger, and Scarmeas), The Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center (Drs Stern, Luchsinger, and Scarmeas), and Departments of Neurology (Drs Stern and Scarmeas), Medicine (Dr Luchsinger), and Epidemiology (Drs Luchsinger and Nieves), Columbia University, New York, and Clinical Research Center, Helen Hayes Hospital, West Haverstraw (Dr Nieves), New York.

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between food combination and Alzheimer disease (AD) risk. Because foods are not consumed in isolation, dietary pattern (DP) analysis of food combination, taking into account the interactions among food components, may offer methodological advantages. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Northern Manhattan, New York, New York.Patients or Other PARTICIPANTS: Two thousand one hundred forty-eight community-based elderly subjects (aged >/=65 years) without dementia in New York provided dietary information and were prospectively evaluated with the same standardized neurological and neuropsychological measures approximately every 1.5 years. Using reduced rank regression, we calculated DPs based on their ability to explain variation in 7 potentially AD-related nutrients: saturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty acids, omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamin E, vitamin B(12), and folate. The associations of reduced rank regression-derived DPs with AD risk were then examined using a Cox proportional hazards model.Main Outcome Measure Incident AD risk. RESULTS: Two hundred fifty-three subjects developed AD during a follow-up of 3.9 years. We identified a DP strongly associated with lower AD risk: compared with subjects in the lowest tertile of adherence to this pattern, the AD hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) for subjects in the highest DP tertile was 0.62 (0.43-0.89) after multivariable adjustment (P for trend = .01). This DP was characterized by higher intakes of salad dressing, nuts, fish, tomatoes, poultry, cruciferous vegetables, fruits, and dark and green leafy vegetables and a lower intake of high-fat dairy products, red meat, organ meat, and butter. CONCLUSION: Simultaneous consideration of previous knowledge regarding potentially AD-related nutrients and multiple food groups can aid in identifying food combinations that are associated with AD risk.Published online: April 12, 2010 (doi:10.1001/archneurol.2010.84).

Source: Arch Neurol. 2010 Apr 12.

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