Association of Antioxidants Use with the Risk of Dementia Among Community-dwelling Adults in the United Kingdom Biobank

Overview

Journal Front Nutr

Specialty Nutritional Sciences

Date 2024 Jan 19

PMID 38239836

Authors

Xianwen Shang

Jiahao Liu

Xueli Zhang

Yu Huang

Zhuoting Zhu

Shulin Tang

Wei Wang

Zongyuan Ge

Honghua Yu

Mingguang He

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Abstract

Background: Data regarding the association between antioxidant supplementation and incident dementia are limited.

Methods: We included 494,632 adults (54.5% females) aged 40-71 years at baseline from the United Kingdom Biobank in the final analysis. Incident dementia was ascertained using hospital inpatient and death records up to January 2021.

Results: Over a median follow-up of 11.9 years, 7,128 new cases of all-cause dementia, 2,772 cases of Alzheimer's disease, and 1,397 cases of vascular dementia were recorded. The hazard ratio (95% CI) for incident dementia associated with zinc supplementation was 0.84 (0.74-0.96), and the association remained significant after adjusting for all confounders (0.84 (0.74-0.96)). In the full model, zinc supplementation was associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease [HR (95% CI): 0.71 (0.57-0.88)]. There was no significant association between zinc supplementation and the risk of vascular dementia. No significant associations with incident dementia were observed for other antioxidant supplementation. The association between zinc supplementation and incident dementia was significant among individuals with [HR (95% CI): 0.34 (0.15-0.77)] and without cataract [0.87 (0.77-0.99)] but it was stronger among those with cataract ( value for interaction = 0.0271).

Conclusion: Our findings suggest that zinc supplementation may help reduce the risk of all-cause dementia and Alzheimer's disease in middle-aged or older adults, especially among those with cataracts.

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