Anemia in Association with Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
J Alzheimers Dis
; 72(3): 803-814, 2019.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Prevalence of both anemia and cognitive impairment tends to increase with age. Individual studies have recently shown that anemia could be associated with cognitive impairment.OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the association between anemia and cognitive impairment including dementia.METHODS:
Two of the authors systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane library to retrieve observational studies reporting a relationship between anemia and cognitive impairment from 1964 to July 10, 2019. Case-control and cohort studies were included, and odds ratios (ORs) or relative risks (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the risk of cognitive impairment were calculated using a random-effects model.RESULTS:
In total, 16 observational studies including eight case-control studies and eight cohort studies were included in the final analysis. Anemia was significantly linked to cognitive impairment (OR or RR 1.51; 95% CI 1.32-1.73) in a random-effects meta-analysis, albeit with medium heterogeneity (I2â=â47.8%). Meta-estimates of dementia from prospective population-based cohort studies were similar (RR 1.46; 95% CI 1.22-1.76) without substantial heterogeneity (I2â=â23.2%).CONCLUSION:
Our meta-analysis indicates that anemia is associated with cognitive impairment. Further prospective research is warranted to determine the cause-effect relationship of anemia with cognitive impairment and whether treatment of anemia might reduce the risk of dementia.Palavras-chave
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Disfunção Cognitiva
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Anemia
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2019
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