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Relation of diabetes to mild cognitive impairment.
Archives of neurology - 1 Apr 2007
Luchsinger José A, Reitz Christiane, Patel Bindu, Tang Ming-Xin, Manly Jennifer J, Mayeux Richard
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BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is an important risk factor for Alzheimer disease and is more prevalent in elderly minority persons compared with non-Hispanic white persons. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether diabetes is related to a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a transitional stage between normal cognition and Alzheimer disease, in a multiethnic cohort with a high prevalence of diabetes....
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