January 1, 2014Archives of Biological SciencesOpen Access

Relevance of the body mass index in the cognitive status of diabetic patients with different alcohol-drinking patterns

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Why the study?

Does BMI confound the relationship between alcohol consumption and cognitive function in diabetic patients?

Population

Diabetic patients with different alcohol-drinking patterns and a control group

Comparison

Alcohol consumption (observational) vs Control group

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

ȘLȘerban Ionela Lăcrămioara CTCristina Toarba SHSimona HogaşGrigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Discussion

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Implication

BMI may confound alcohol-cognition links in diabetes; leaves open need for adjusted prospective studies.

Structured PICO

Does BMI confound the relationship between alcohol consumption and cognitive function in diabetic patients?

Population

Diabetic patients with different alcohol-drinking patterns and a control group

Intervention

Alcohol consumption (observational)

Comparator

Control group

Outcome

Correlations between BMI values and subdomains of psychometric tests (MMSE and MOCA)surrogate

BMI may act as a significant confounder in the relationship between alcohol consumption and cognitive function in patients with diabetes.

Cite This Study

Lăcrămioara et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a712c0a6c240de38cdc0f41 https://doi.org/10.2298/abs1401347t

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Relevance of the body mass index in the cognitive status of diabetic patients with different alcohol-drinking patterns

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Relevance of the body mass index in the cognitive status of diabetic patients with different alcohol-drinking patterns

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