[Association between diabetes mellitus and cognitive decline in older adults. A population based study].

Background: The association between diabetes and cognitive decline is already known; however, there is not much literature that document if this association is different according to gender. The aim of this study was to determine this relationship and to establish if there is a difference according to gender in older adults of Mérida, Yucatán, México.

Methods: 1293 older than sixty years old individuals without severe depression, history of psychiatric disease or stroke were included in the study.