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In a cross-sectional study, 2195 subjects (55\u00a0% women), aged 70\u201374 years, underwent extensive cognitive testing including the Kendrick Object Learning Test (KOLT), Trail Making Test (part A, TMT-A), modified versions of the Digit Symbol Test (m-DST), Block Design (m-BD), Mini-Mental State Examination (m-MMSE) and Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT). Compared with low concentrations, high choline (&gt;8\u00b74\u00a0\u03bcmol\/l) was associated with better test scores in the TMT-A (56\u00b70\n                    <jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic>\n                    . 61\u00b75,\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    =\u00a00\u00b7004), m-DST (10\u00b75\n                    <jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic>\n                    . 9\u00b78,\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    =\u00a00\u00b7005) and m-MMSE (11\u00b75\n                    <jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic>\n                    . 11\u00b74,\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    =\u00a00\u00b701). A generalised additive regression model showed a positive dose\u2013response relationship between the m-MMSE and choline (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    =\u00a00\u00b7012 from a corresponding linear regression model). Betaine was associated with the KOLT, TMT-A and COWAT, but after adjustments for potential confounders, the associations lost significance. Risk ratios (RR) for poor test performance roughly tripled when low choline was combined with either low plasma vitamin B\n                    <jats:sub>12<\/jats:sub>\n                    (\u00a0\u2264\u00a0257\u00a0pmol\/l) concentrations (RR\n                    <jats:sub>KOLT<\/jats:sub>\n                    =\u00a02\u00b76, 95\u00a0% CI 1\u00b71, 6\u00b71; RR\n                    <jats:sub>m-MMSE<\/jats:sub>\n                    =\u00a02\u00b77, 95\u00a0% CI 1\u00b71, 6\u00b76; RR\n                    <jats:sub>COWAT<\/jats:sub>\n                    =\u00a03\u00b71, 95\u00a0% CI 1\u00b74, 7\u00b72) or high methylmalonic acid (MMA) (\u00a0\u2265\u00a03\u00b795\u00a0\u03bcmol\/l) concentrations (RR\n                    <jats:sub>m-BD<\/jats:sub>\n                    =\u00a02\u00b78, 95\u00a0% CI 1\u00b73, 6\u00b71). Low betaine (\u00a0\u2264\u00a031\u00b71\u00a0\u03bcmol\/l) combined with high MMA was associated with elevated RR on KOLT (RR\n                    <jats:sub>KOLT<\/jats:sub>\n                    =\u00a02\u00b75, 95\u00a0% CI 1\u00b70, 6\u00b72). Low plasma free choline concentrations are associated with poor cognitive performance. There were significant interactions between low choline or betaine and low vitamin B\n                    <jats:sub>12<\/jats:sub>\n                    or high MMA on cognitive performance.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0007114512001249","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,5,1]],"date-time":"2012-05-01T09:15:42Z","timestamp":1335863742000},"page":"511-519","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":70,"title":["Plasma free choline, betaine and cognitive performance: the Hordaland Health Study"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"109","author":[{"given":"Eha","family":"Nurk","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Helga","family":"Refsum","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ingvar","family":"Bjelland","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christian 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