A 4 year follow-up study of cognitive functioning in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

2009253 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

on behalf of the Utrecht Diabetic Encephalopathy Study Group · University Medical Center Utrecht

Esther van den Berg · University Medical Center Utrecht

Yaël D. Reijmer · University Medical Center Utrecht

Jeroen de Bresser · Radboud University Nijmegen

Roy P. C. Kessels · Radboud University Nijmegen

L. Jaap Kappelle · University Medical Center Utrecht

Geert Jan Biessels

Abstract

In non-demented patients with type 2 diabetes, cognitive decrements are moderate in size and cognitive decline over 4 years is largely within the range of what can be viewed in normal ageing. Apparently, diabetes-related cognitive changes develop slowly over a prolonged period of time.

Topics & Keywords

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Diabetes Treatment and Management Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Diabetologia

Volume 53, Issue 1, pp. 58-65

DOI: 10.1007/s00125-009-1571-9

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