title: Dietary B Vitamins and a 10-Year Risk of Dementia in Older Persons.
abstract: B vitamins may lower the risk of dementia, yet epidemiological findings, mostly from countries with folic acid fortification, have remained inconsistent. We evaluated in a large French cohort of older persons the associations between dietary B vitamins and long-term incident dementia. We included 1321 participants from the Three-City Study who completed a 24 h dietary recall, were free of dementia at the time of diet assessment, and were followed for an average of 7.4 years. In Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for multiple potential confounders, including overall diet quality, higher intake of folate was inversely associated with the risk of dementia (pfor trend = 0.02), with an approximately 50% lower risk for individuals in the highest compared to the lowest quintile of folate (HR = 0.47; 95% CI 0.28; 0.81). No association was found for vitamins B6 and B12. In conclusion, in a large French cohort with a relatively low baseline folate status (average intake = 278 µg/day), higher folate intakes were associated with a decreased risk of dementia.
authors.affiliation: University Bordeaux, Institut de Santé Publique d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Centre INSERM U1219-Bordeaux Population Health, Bordeaux 33076, France. sophie.lefevre-arbogast@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr.|Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut de Santé Publique d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Centre INSERM U1219-Bordeaux Population Health, Bordeaux 33076, France. sophie.lefevre-arbogast@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lefèvre-Arbogast
authors.affiliation: University Bordeaux, Institut de Santé Publique d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Centre INSERM U1219-Bordeaux Population Health, Bordeaux 33076, France. Catherine.Feart@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr.|Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut de Santé Publique d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Centre INSERM U1219-Bordeaux Population Health, Bordeaux 33076, France. Catherine.Feart@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Féart
authors.affiliation: University Bordeaux, Institut de Santé Publique d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Centre INSERM U1219-Bordeaux Population Health, Bordeaux 33076, France. Jean-Francois.Dartigues@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr.|Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut de Santé Publique d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Centre INSERM U1219-Bordeaux Population Health, Bordeaux 33076, France. Jean-Francois.Dartigues@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Dartigues
authors.affiliation: University Bordeaux, Institut de Santé Publique d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Centre INSERM U1219-Bordeaux Population Health, Bordeaux 33076, France. Catherine.Helmer@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr.|Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut de Santé Publique d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Centre INSERM U1219-Bordeaux Population Health, Bordeaux 33076, France. Catherine.Helmer@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Helmer
authors.affiliation: University Bordeaux, Institut de Santé Publique d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Centre INSERM U1219-Bordeaux Population Health, Bordeaux 33076, France. luc.letenneur@inserm.fr.|Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut de Santé Publique d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Centre INSERM U1219-Bordeaux Population Health, Bordeaux 33076, France. luc.letenneur@inserm.fr.
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Letenneur
authors.affiliation: University Bordeaux, Institut de Santé Publique d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Centre INSERM U1219-Bordeaux Population Health, Bordeaux 33076, France. Cecilia.Samieri@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr.|Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut de Santé Publique d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Centre INSERM U1219-Bordeaux Population Health, Bordeaux 33076, France. Cecilia.Samieri@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr.
authors.forename: Cécilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Samieri
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014803:Vitamin B Complex
keywords: B vitamins; aging; dementia; folate