Affiliation:
1. Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Memory Clinic, UPRES EA 4638, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France
2. School of Medicine, University of Angers, UNAM, Angers, France
3. Unit of Reproductive Endocrinology, First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract
Background:
Older adults with hypovitaminosis D report more often subjective cognitive
complaints, especially with regards to memory. This raises prospects that vitamin D may improve
older adults' subjective experience of memory disorders.
Objective:
To determine among older community-dwellers whether higher serum 25-
hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) concentrations were associated with fewer memory complaints, while
considering different subtypes of memory complaints.
Method:
One hundred eighty Caucasian community-dwellers with memory complaint and no dementia
(mean±standard deviation, 71.1±3.4years; 33.3%female) from the French ‘EVATEM study'
were included in this analysis. Subjective memory complaints regarding memory lapses, problems
learning new information, problems finding words, problems calculating and problems concentrating
were assessed using a standardized questionnaire. Participants were categorized according to
the highest tertile of serum 25OHD (i.e., ≥68nmol/L). Age, gender, body mass index, morbidities
burden, use of vitamin D supplements, cognitive performance, mood, serum concentrations of calcium,
parathyroid hormone and vitamin B12, creatinine clearance, and season of evaluation were
used as potential confounders.
Results:
Compared to participants with 25OHD<68nmol/L (n=121), those with 25OHD≥68nmol/L
had less often problems learning new information (P=0.027). There were no between-group differences
for the other memory complaints. The highest 25OHD tertile was cross-sectionally associated
with fewer problems learning new information (odds ratio (OR)=0.48, P=0.029), even after adjustment
for potential confounders (OR=0.32, P=0.039).
Conclusion:
Higher vitamin D status was associated with reduced problems memorizing new information
in older community-dwellers. This novel finding provides a scientific base for vitamin D
replacement trials attempting to improve older patients' subjective experience of cognitive decline.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
Neurology (clinical),Neurology
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