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@ARTICLE{Kabisch:285018,
author = {Kabisch, Stefan and Montagna, Federico and Honsek, Caroline
and Kemper, Margrit and Gerbracht, Christiana and Arafat,
Ayman M and Birkenfeld, Andreas L and Dambeck, Ulrike and
Osterhoff, Martin A and Weickert, Martin O and Flöel, Agnes
and Pfeiffer, Andreas F H},
title = {{E}ffects of lifestyle intervention and supplementation
with insoluble oat fiber on cognitive functions in patients
with prediabetes: a secondary analysis of the {O}ptimal
{F}iber {T}rial.},
journal = {Frontiers in nutrition},
volume = {12},
issn = {2296-861X},
address = {Lausanne},
publisher = {Frontiers Media},
reportid = {DZNE-2026-00144},
pages = {1699958},
year = {2026},
abstract = {In cohort studies, intake of insoluble cereal fiber is
associated with multiple health benefits, including
preserved cognitive functions. However, evidence from
intervention studies is sparse. In the Optimal Fiber Trial
(OptiFiT), lifestyle changes and supplementation with oat
fiber in prediabetes patients improved glycemic metabolism
and body composition, which could be linked to cognitive
changes.In OptiFiT, 180 patients with impaired glucose
tolerance received either an insoluble fiber supplement or a
placebo for 2 years in a double-blind, randomized approach,
and underwent a parallel 1-year complex lifestyle
intervention program. Annual visits included metabolic,
anthropometric, and cognitive assessments: Mini-Mental State
Examination (MMSE), Verbal Learning Memory Test (VLMT),
Regensburg Word Fluency Test (RWFT), Number Connection Test
(NCT), Number Recall Test (NRT), and Rey-Osterrieth Complex
Figure Test (RCFT). Group-wise comparisons were conducted
both globally as well as stratified by age.Cognitive
functions only slightly improved-particularly in VLMT and
RWFT-without major differences by group or age. At baseline,
cognitive function measured by RCFT recall, VLMT, RWFT, and
backwards NRT was inversely correlated with age, but not
with HbA1c, fasting, or postprandial glucose
levels.Beneficial effects of insoluble fiber and lifestyle
intervention on glycemia might not translate into preserved
cognitive capabilities in middle-to-higher aged patients
with prediabetes in a 2-year intervention period. Long-term
intervention studies in patients with both cognitive
vulnerability and metabolic susceptibility are warranted.
Such large RCTs should also corroborate putatively involved
mechanisms in the epidemiologically assumed protection from
cognitive decline.Clinicaltrials.gov, identifier
NCT01681173.},
keywords = {cognition (Other) / diabetes prevention (Other) / impaired
glucose tolerance (Other) / insoluble fiber (Other) /
learning (Other) / memory (Other) / prediabetes (Other) /
type 2 diabetes (Other)},
cin = {AG Flöel},
ddc = {630},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)5000081},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:41624204},
pmc = {pmc:PMC12857309},
doi = {10.3389/fnut.2025.1699958},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/285018},
}