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Associations of Lipophilic Micronutrients with Physical and Cognitive Fitness in Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment

by
Perihan Gerger
1,†,
Roopa Kalsank Pai
2,†,
Tim Stuckenschneider
3,4,
Julia Falkenreck
1,
Hannah Weigert
1,
Wilhelm Stahl
5,
Bernd Weber
2,
Gereon Nelles
6,
Liana Spazzafumo
7,
Stefan Schneider
3,4,‡ and
M. Cristina Polidori
1,*,‡
1
Ageing Clinical Research, Department II of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
2
Institute of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research, University Hospital Bonn, Germany and Center for Economics and Neuroscience, University of Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
3
Institute of Movement and Neurosciences, German Sport University, 50933 Cologne, Germany
4
VasoActive Research Group, School of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD 4558, Australia
5
Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, 40204 Düsseldorf, Germany
6
NeuromedCampus Hohenlind, 50935 Cologne, Germany
7
Epidemiologic Observatory, Regional Health Agency, I-64125 Ancona, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Equal contributors.
‡
Equal supervisors.
Nutrients 2019, 11(4), 902; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11040902
Received: 7 February 2019 / Revised: 2 April 2019 / Accepted: 9 April 2019 / Published: 22 April 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lifestyle Strategies in Cognitive Decline: Focus on Nutrition)
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Abstract

Age-associated cognitive impairment in general and dementia in particular are a global concern. Preventive lifestyle strategies are highly used but there is a lack of information on the reciprocal relationships between nutrition biomarkers and measures of both cognitive and physical performance. To fill this gap of knowledge, the relationship between plasma levels of the robust nutrition- and antioxidant defense-related biomarkers carotenoid and tocopherols and both indicators of cognitive and physical performance was investigated in a group of persons with mild cognitive impairment participating in the NeuroExercise Study at the German Sport University in Cologne, Germany. In 56 participants with full dataset, significant correlations independently of fruit and vegetable intake were found between plasma levels of β-cryptoxanthin and Timed Up&Go test (p < 0.05), γ-tocopherol and number of daily steps (p < 0.01), as well as between four out of six measured carotenoids—lutein; zeaxanthin; β-cryptoxanthin and β-carotene—and the computerized CogState International Shopping List subtest (p < 0.01). In light of the increasing attention towards the nutritional cognitive neuroscience of carotenoids, computerized measures of cognitive performance might be further implemented in future studies investigating the effects of lifestyle interventions against cognitive and physical impairment. View Full-Text
Keywords: cognitive performance; physical activity; micronutrients; carotenoids; mild cognitive impairment; nutrition; neuropsychological tests cognitive performance; physical activity; micronutrients; carotenoids; mild cognitive impairment; nutrition; neuropsychological tests
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Gerger, P.; Pai, R.K.; Stuckenschneider, T.; Falkenreck, J.; Weigert, H.; Stahl, W.; Weber, B.; Nelles, G.; Spazzafumo, L.; Schneider, S.; Polidori, M.C. Associations of Lipophilic Micronutrients with Physical and Cognitive Fitness in Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Nutrients 2019, 11, 902. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11040902

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Gerger P, Pai RK, Stuckenschneider T, Falkenreck J, Weigert H, Stahl W, Weber B, Nelles G, Spazzafumo L, Schneider S, Polidori MC. Associations of Lipophilic Micronutrients with Physical and Cognitive Fitness in Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Nutrients. 2019; 11(4):902. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11040902

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Gerger, Perihan, Roopa K. Pai, Tim Stuckenschneider, Julia Falkenreck, Hannah Weigert, Wilhelm Stahl, Bernd Weber, Gereon Nelles, Liana Spazzafumo, Stefan Schneider, and M. C. Polidori. 2019. "Associations of Lipophilic Micronutrients with Physical and Cognitive Fitness in Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment" Nutrients 11, no. 4: 902. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11040902

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