TY - JOUR
T1 - Association of Coffee Consumption with MRI Markers and Cognitive Function
T2 - A Population-Based Study
AU - Araújo, Larissa Fortunato
AU - Mirza, Saira Saeed
AU - Bos, Daniel
AU - Niessen, Wiro J.
AU - Barreto, Sandhi Maria
AU - Van Der Lugt, Aad
AU - Vernooij, Meike W.
AU - Hofman, Albert
AU - Tiemeier, Henning
AU - Ikram, M. Arfan
AU - Polidori, M. Cristina
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Background: Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages worldwide and has been of considerable interest in research on cognition and dementia. Objective: To investigate the effect of coffee on preclinical brain MRI markers of dementia and cognitive performance. Methods: In 2,914 participants from the population-based Rotterdam Study (mean age: 59.3±7.2 years, 55 females), we assessed coffee consumption, performed brain MRI, and assessed cognition at baseline. To study cognitive change, cognitive assessment was repeated after 5 years of follow-up. Coffee consumption was analyzed continuously (per cup increase) and in categories (0-1,>1-3,>3 cups/day). Using logistic and linear regression, associations of coffee consumption with lacunar infarcts and brain tissue volumes on MRI, and cognitive performance (cross-sectional and longitudinal) were investigated, adjusting for relevant confounders. Results: We found that higher coffee consumption was associated with a lower prevalence of lacunar infarcts [odds ratio per cup increase: 0.88 (95 CI:0.79;0.98)], and smaller hippocampal volume [difference: -0.01 (95 CI:-0.02;0.00)]. Also, we found that the highest category of coffee consumption was associated with better performance on the Letter Digit Substitution Task [difference: 1.13(95 CI:0.39;1.88)], Word Fluency test [0.74(95 CI:0.04,1.45)], Stroop interference task [1.82(95 CI:0.23;3.41)], and worse performance on the 15-Word Learning test delayed recall [-0.38(95 CI:-0.74;-0.02)]. These associations were not found when cognition was analyzed longitudinally. Conclusion: We found complex associations between coffee consumption, brain structure, and cognition. Higher coffee consumption was cross-sectionally associated with a lower occurrence of lacunar infarcts and better executive function, but also with smaller hippocampal volume and worse memory function.
AB - Background: Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages worldwide and has been of considerable interest in research on cognition and dementia. Objective: To investigate the effect of coffee on preclinical brain MRI markers of dementia and cognitive performance. Methods: In 2,914 participants from the population-based Rotterdam Study (mean age: 59.3±7.2 years, 55 females), we assessed coffee consumption, performed brain MRI, and assessed cognition at baseline. To study cognitive change, cognitive assessment was repeated after 5 years of follow-up. Coffee consumption was analyzed continuously (per cup increase) and in categories (0-1,>1-3,>3 cups/day). Using logistic and linear regression, associations of coffee consumption with lacunar infarcts and brain tissue volumes on MRI, and cognitive performance (cross-sectional and longitudinal) were investigated, adjusting for relevant confounders. Results: We found that higher coffee consumption was associated with a lower prevalence of lacunar infarcts [odds ratio per cup increase: 0.88 (95 CI:0.79;0.98)], and smaller hippocampal volume [difference: -0.01 (95 CI:-0.02;0.00)]. Also, we found that the highest category of coffee consumption was associated with better performance on the Letter Digit Substitution Task [difference: 1.13(95 CI:0.39;1.88)], Word Fluency test [0.74(95 CI:0.04,1.45)], Stroop interference task [1.82(95 CI:0.23;3.41)], and worse performance on the 15-Word Learning test delayed recall [-0.38(95 CI:-0.74;-0.02)]. These associations were not found when cognition was analyzed longitudinally. Conclusion: We found complex associations between coffee consumption, brain structure, and cognition. Higher coffee consumption was cross-sectionally associated with a lower occurrence of lacunar infarcts and better executive function, but also with smaller hippocampal volume and worse memory function.
KW - Brain imaging
KW - Brain tissue
KW - Coffee consumption
KW - Cognitive function
KW - Epidemiology
KW - MRI
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U2 - 10.3233/JAD-160116
DO - 10.3233/JAD-160116
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84979266895
SN - 1387-2877
VL - 53
SP - 451
EP - 461
JO - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
JF - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
IS - 2
ER -