Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment (Nov 2019)

The Association Between Eating Green Vegetables Every Day And Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study In Shanghai

  • Li W,
  • Sun L,
  • Yue L,
  • Li G,
  • Xiao S

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 15
pp. 3213 – 3218

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Wei Li,1,2,* Lin Sun,1,2,* Ling Yue,1,2 Guanjun Li,1,2 Shifu Xiao1,2 1Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 2Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Guanjun Li; Shifu XiaoDepartment of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail [email protected]; [email protected]: Emerging evidence has suggested that green vegetables may prevent cognitive decline.Methods: We examined the cross-sectional association between green vegetables intake and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) using data from 525 participants aged 55 years and above from the China Longitudinal Aging Study (CLAS) in Shanghai.Results: Compared with participants who did not eat green vegetables every day, those who had consumed green vegetables every day had a significantly lower risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) (OR = 0.218, 95% CI, 0.116–0.411, p < 0.001), and this association was independent of age, education, having hobbies, surfing the Internet, sleep time per night (youth), long-term residency and consumption of specific red food, such as meat, bread, bean curd, and ginger.Conclusion: In summary, using community-based data in Shanghai, we found out that subjects who eat green vegetables every day have significantly lower odds of MCI than those who do not eat every day. Based on current evidence, we propose that eating green vegetables every day might be a potential preventive measure to slow cognitive decline and neurodegeneration in the elderly.Keywords: elderly, Chinese, dietetic association, green vegetables, cognitive impairment

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