Type 2 Diabetes and Cognitive Impairment: Linking Mechanisms

Relationship Between Caregiver Burden and Cognitive Impairment in Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Introduction: Caregivers play a critical role in health management of patients with chronic diseases. Caregiving is associated with experiencing different emotional and psychological problems. Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship between caregiver burden and cognitive function in adult patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional stud...

Cognitive impairment and dementia in Type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes and ethnic disparities in cognitive impairment.

OBJECTIVES We explored whether ethnic differences in type 2 diabetes (T2D) explain ethnic disparities in cognitive impairment. DESIGN Longitudinal study. SETTING A cohort study of multiethnic community-dwelling elderly persons in Northern Manhattan, New York. PARTICIPANTS 941 participants aged > or =65 years without prevalent cognitive impairment or dementia (CID) were followed for a medi...

A Review on Relationship between Type II Diabetes and Cognitive Impairment

The association between diabetes and cognitive impairment is controversial. This systematic review examines the relationship of Cognitive Impairment in people with diabetes mellitus. The incidence of “Cognitive Impairment” was higher in individuals with diabetes than in those without diabetes in nine of ten studies reporting this aggregate outcome. These findings showed an associated between ty...

Linking type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.

S ince the initial Rotterdam study suggesting an increased risk to develop dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), a number of clinical and epidemiological studies have provided further direct evidence to strengthen the link between T2D and AD (1, 2). The possibility that T2D patients might be at increased risk in developing AD has serious societal...