Relationship Between Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Cognitive Change in a Multiethnic Elderly Cohort.

Objectives: To examine the association between diabetes mellitus and cognitive functioning at baseline and cognitive change over time in a large, ethnically diverse sample of older adults.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project, a community-based, prospective study of risk factors for dementia in northern Manhattan, New York City.

Association of vascular risk factors with cognition in a multiethnic sample.

Objectives: To examine the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) and cognitive performance in a multiethnic sample of older adults.

Method: We used longitudinal data from the Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project. A composite score including smoking, stroke, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and central obesity represented CVRFs.