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Newest in this topic

  1. Genetically decreased vitamin D and risk of Alzheimer disease 2016-11-16
  2. Vitamin D Status and Rates of Cognitive Decline in a Multiethnic Cohort of Older Adults 2015-11-01
  3. Vitamin D, cognition, and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2012-09-01

Studies

4 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2010 to 2016

Top journals

  • Neurology 2
  • Archives of internal medicine 1
  • JAMA neurology 1

Newest first, then by address. Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0); tap a score to see what makes it up. Tags were assigned automatically from each study's title and summary. The same studies as a filter in the library.

  1. Genetically decreased vitamin D and risk of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Neurology 2016-11-16 Genetics

    Our results provide evidence supporting 25OHD as a causal risk factor for AD.

  2. Vitamin D Status and Rates of Cognitive Decline in a Multiethnic Cohort of Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2015-11-01 Disparities

    (N = 382 at baseline) had a mean (SD) age of 75.5 (7.0) years; 61.8% were women; and 41.4% were white, 29.6% African American, 25.1% Hispanic, and 3.9% other race/ethnicity.

  3. Vitamin D, cognition, and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Neurology 2012-09-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Five databases were searched for English-language studies up to August 2010, and included all study designs with a comparative group.

  4. Vitamin D and risk of cognitive decline in elderly persons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Archives of internal medicine 2010-07-01 Prevention and risk

    Low levels of vitamin D were associated with substantial cognitive decline in the elderly population studied over a 6-year period, which raises important new possibilities for treatment and prevention.

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