The Effect of Improved Glycemic Control on Cognitive Functions in the Elderly Patient With Diabetes

1 July 1993

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Gerontology

Vol. 48 (4) , M117-M121
https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/48.4.m117

Abstract

A number of studies have found that cognitive function is impaired in elderly patients with non-insulindependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) when compared with age-matched non-diabetic controls. In addition, it has beenreported that elderly NIDDM patients who have poor glycemic control have a greater impairment in cognition than elderly NIDDM patients with good control. We conducted the following prospective study to determine if improved glycemic control would result in an improvement in cognitive function in elderly patients with NIDDM.

Keywords

MENTAL PROCESSES
DIABETES MELLITUS
TYPE 2
GLUCOSE CONTROL
ELDERLY
COGNITION
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
MENTAL RECALL
FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASUREMENT
ORAL HYPOGLYCEMIC
GLYCEMIC CONTROL
POOR
BATTERY
TNF-RELATED APOPTOSIS-INDUCING LIGAND
DRUG DOSE
NAMING FUNCTION

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