Association of Plant-Based Protein Intake with Cognitive Function in Adults with CKD.

Published in: Kidney360 (2023)

Higher plant protein intake was a significant predictor of certain individual and composite cognitive score measures within the general and in the CKD population. Future interventional trials are needed to determine if increasing plant-based protein intake improves measures of cognition in patients with CKD.

Keyphrases

chronic kidney disease
protein protein
amino acid
weight gain
binding protein
multiple sclerosis
body mass index
cell wall
plant growth