Seafood ChoiCeS

Seafood Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks
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APPENDIX B
Amount Results Conclusion*
Categories of fish or
seafood consumption:
1 = Once a day
2 = At least once a week
(but not everyday)
3 = From time to time
(but not weekly)
4 = Never
After adjusting for age and sex, those who
ate fish or seafood at least once a week had a
significantly lower risk of being diagnosed with
dementia in the 7 years of follow-up (HR=0.66,
95% CI 0.47-0.93).
After adjusting for age and sex, those who ate
fish or seafood at least once a week had a lower
risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease in the 7
years of follow-up (HR=0.69, 95% CI 0.47-
1.01), with borderline significance.
After adjusting for age, sex, and education, those
who ate fish or seafood at least once a week had
a lower risk of being diagnosed with dementia
in the 7 years of follow-up (HR=0.73, 95% CI
0.52-10.3), but it was not significant.
There was a “significant trend between
increasing consumption of fish or seafood and
decreasing incidence of dementia (p for trend =
0.0091).”
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