VANCOUVER—Dementia and hypoglycemia may have a reciprocal association in older adults with diabetes, according to research presented at the 2012 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.
“This suggests that elders with diabetes may be particularly vulnerable to a vicious cycle of compromised disease management leading to cognitive impairment and further risk of poor disease management,” reported Cherie Falvey, MPH, staff research associate at the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues.
Although hypoglycemia may contribute to diabetes-related cognitive impairment, the few investigations of hypoglycemia and cognitive function have had inconsistent findings, noted the researchers.
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