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People with type 2 diabetes( 二型糖尿病) in middle age had greater cognitive impairment (认知伤害)in the following decades than did their nondiabetic(非糖尿病的) counterparts(相对的人).
Want to ward off memory issues and other cognitive problems as you age? Looks like low blood glucose levels(血糖水平) are an important factor. New research finds that individuals diagnosed(诊断) with type 2 diabetes in middle age had greater cognitive impairment in the following decades than their nondiabetic counterparts.
In fact, poorly managed diabetes appears to age the brain roughly five years faster than normal. That means a 55-year-old with diabetes ( 二型糖尿病) has cognitive decline on par with a healthy 60-year-old. And the problems accumulate: over 20 years, diabetes in midlife is associated with a 19 percent decrease in mental function. Cognitive decline is considered a precursor to dementia(痴呆). The findings are in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.
A team from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health followed some 6,000 study subjects in Maryland, North Carolina, Minnesota and Mississippi from 1987 through 2013. The researchers used accepted tests to evaluate the participants’ cognitive performance. And the people with low blood sugar levels outperformed(胜过) those with midlife diabetes or pre-diabetes.
The researchers’ conclusion: better weight control, exercise and a healthful diet could really help keep both body—and mind—fit over the long haul.
下面是本篇文章的疑难词汇汇总:
Impairment n. 损伤，损害
Nondiabetic adj. 非糖尿病的n. 非糖尿病患者
Glucose n. 葡萄糖;葡糖(等于dextrose)
Diagnosed v. 诊断;被诊断为(diagnose的过去分词)
Diabetes n. 糖尿病;多尿症
Precursor n. 先驱，前导
Dementia n. [内科] 痴呆
over the long haul长远地;从长远观点看