MIND diet moderates the associations between cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative disease burden and cognition (opens in new tab)

IntroductionThe Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet is associated with reduced dementia risk, but its role in moderating pathology–cognition relationships in high-risk populations remains unclear. This study examined associations of the MIND diet and Healthy Eating Index (HEI) with cognition and tested whether diet quality modifies the impact of brain pathology on cognitive performance.MethodsSixty-six older adults (aged 6...