The link between diabetes and dementia explained


By AGENCY

It isn’t diabetes that increases the risk of dementia per se, but rather, poor control of blood sugar levels, as can be measured by HbA1c levels. — 123rf.com

It is mainly poorly-controlled type 2 diabetes that carries an elevated risk of cognitive impairment and dementia, not the diabetes per se, a longitudinal study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows.

The study comprises more than 2,500 people over the age of 60 and is published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association.

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