• People with diabetes and cognitive decli

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    People with diabetes and cognitive decline may be at higher risk for
    heart disease

    Date:
    April 21, 2022
    Source:
    The Endocrine Society
    Summary:
    People with type 2 diabetes who have cognitive impairment could
    be at greater risk for stroke, heart attack or death than other
    individuals with diabetes, according to a new study.



    FULL STORY ========================================================================== People with type 2 diabetes who have cognitive impairment could be at
    greater risk for stroke, heart attack or death than other individuals
    with diabetes, according to a new study published in the Endocrine
    Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.


    ========================================================================== Cognitive impairment is when a person has trouble remembering, learning
    new things, concentrating or making decisions that affect their everyday
    life. More than 16 million people in the United States are living with cognitive impairment, and age is the biggest risk factor. Cognitive
    impairment ranges from mild to severe and has been associated with
    Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

    "Our study found low scores on cognitive tests predicted heart disease
    in people with diabetes and other heart risk factors," said co-author
    Hertzel C.

    Gerstein, M.D., of McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. "Although the explanation for this remains unclear, proven heart medications should
    be offered to these patients to reduce their future risk of a heart
    attack or stroke." The researchers assessed the relationship between
    cognitive function and future cardiovascular events in 8,772 people
    with type 2 diabetes from the REWIND trial during more than five years
    of follow up. They found that people with the lowest level of cognitive function had a higher risk of heart attack and stroke than those with
    higher levels of cognitive function.

    People with severe cognitive impairment were up to 1.6 times more likely
    to experience major adverse cardiovascular events, and 1.8 times more
    likely to experience a stroke or die compared to people without cognitive impairment.

    These findings suggest cognitive function could predict a person's future
    risk of heart disease.

    The study received funding from Eli Lilly and Company.


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    ========================================================================== Journal Reference:
    1. Tali Cukierman-Yaffe, Hertzel C Gerstein, Jan Basile, M Angelyn
    Bethel,
    Ernesto G Cardona-Mun~oz, Ignacio Conget, Gilles Dagenais, Edward
    Franek, Stephanie Hall, Nicolae Hancu, Petr Jansky, Mark Lakshmanan,
    Fernando Lanas, Lawrence A Leiter, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Valdis
    Pirags, Nana Pogosova, Jeffrey Probstfield, Purnima Rao-Melacini,
    Chinthanie Ramasundarahettige, Peter J Raubenheimer, Matthew C
    Riddle, Lars Ryde'n, Jonathan E Shaw, Wayne H-H Sheu, Theodora
    Temelkova-Kurktschiev. Novel Indices of Cognitive Impairment
    and Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes in the REWIND Trial. The
    Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2022; DOI:
    10.1210/clinem/dgac200 ==========================================================================

    Link to news story: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220421094041.htm

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