TY - JOUR
T1 - Association of antidiabetic medication use, cognitive decline, and risk of cognitive impairment in older people with type 2 diabetes
T2 - Results from the population-based Mayo Clinic Study of Aging
AU - Wennberg, Alexandra M.V.
AU - Hagen, Clinton E.
AU - Edwards, Kelly
AU - Roberts, Rosebud O.
AU - Machulda, Mary M.
AU - Knopman, David S.
AU - Petersen, Ronald C.
AU - Mielke, Michelle M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - Objective: To determine the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between diabetes treatment type and cognitive outcomes among type II diabetics. Methods: We examined the association between metformin use, as compared to other diabetic treatment (ie, insulin, other oral medications, and diet/exercise) and cognitive test performance and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) diagnosis among 508 cognitively unimpaired at baseline type II diabetics enrolled in the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging. We created propensity scores to adjust for treatment effects. We used multivariate linear and logistic regression models to investigate the cross-sectional association between treatment type and cognitive test z scores, respectively. Mixed effects models and competing risk regression models were used to determine the longitudinal association between treatment type and change in cognitive test z scores and risk of developing incident MCI. Results: In linear regression analyses adjusted for age, sex, education, body mass index, APOE ε4, insulin treatment, medical comorbidities, number of medications, duration of diabetes, and propensity score, we did not observe an association between metformin use and cognitive test performance. Additionally, we did not observe an association between metformin use and cognitive test performance over time (median = 3.7-year follow-up). Metformin was associated with an increased risk of MCI (subhazard ratio (SHR) = 2.75; 95% CI = 1.64, 4.63, P <.001). Similarly, other oral medications (SHR = 1.96; 95% CI = 1.19, 3.25; P =.009) and insulin (SHR = 3.17; 95% CI = 1.27, 7.92; P =.014) use were also associated with risk of MCI diagnosis. Conclusions: These findings suggest that metformin use, as compared to management of diabetes with other treatments, is not associated with cognitive test performance. However, metformin was associated with incident MCI diagnosis.
AB - Objective: To determine the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between diabetes treatment type and cognitive outcomes among type II diabetics. Methods: We examined the association between metformin use, as compared to other diabetic treatment (ie, insulin, other oral medications, and diet/exercise) and cognitive test performance and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) diagnosis among 508 cognitively unimpaired at baseline type II diabetics enrolled in the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging. We created propensity scores to adjust for treatment effects. We used multivariate linear and logistic regression models to investigate the cross-sectional association between treatment type and cognitive test z scores, respectively. Mixed effects models and competing risk regression models were used to determine the longitudinal association between treatment type and change in cognitive test z scores and risk of developing incident MCI. Results: In linear regression analyses adjusted for age, sex, education, body mass index, APOE ε4, insulin treatment, medical comorbidities, number of medications, duration of diabetes, and propensity score, we did not observe an association between metformin use and cognitive test performance. Additionally, we did not observe an association between metformin use and cognitive test performance over time (median = 3.7-year follow-up). Metformin was associated with an increased risk of MCI (subhazard ratio (SHR) = 2.75; 95% CI = 1.64, 4.63, P <.001). Similarly, other oral medications (SHR = 1.96; 95% CI = 1.19, 3.25; P =.009) and insulin (SHR = 3.17; 95% CI = 1.27, 7.92; P =.014) use were also associated with risk of MCI diagnosis. Conclusions: These findings suggest that metformin use, as compared to management of diabetes with other treatments, is not associated with cognitive test performance. However, metformin was associated with incident MCI diagnosis.
KW - cognition
KW - metformin
KW - type II diabetes
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U2 - 10.1002/gps.4900
DO - 10.1002/gps.4900
M3 - Article
C2 - 29873112
AN - SCOPUS:85049786663
SN - 0885-6230
VL - 33
SP - 1114
EP - 1120
JO - International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
JF - International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
IS - 8
ER -