Clinical and Subclinical Macrovascular Disease as Predictors of Cognitive Decline in Older Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Feinkohl, Insa; Keller, Marketa; Robertson, Christine M.; Morling, Joanne R.; Williamson, Rachel M.; Nee, Lisa D.; McLachlan, Stela; Sattar, Naveed; Welsh, Paul; Reynolds, Rebecca M.; Russ, Tom C.; Deary, Ian J.; Strachan, Mark W.J.; Price, Jackie F.; on behalf of the Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study (ET2DS) Investigators

doi:10.2337/dc12-2241

Clinical and Subclinical Macrovascular Disease as Predictors of Cognitive Decline in Older Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

OBJECTIVE Macrovascular disease may contribute to increased risk of accelerated cognitive decline in patients with type 2 diabetes. We aimed to determine associations of measures of macrovascular disease with cognitive change in a cognitively healthy older population with type 2 diabetes. RESEARC…