Can the blood pressure predict cognitive task performance in a healthy population sample?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1069-1076

  Van Boxtel, Martin P J ^a   Gaillard, Carlo ^b   Houx, Peter J ^a   Buntinx, Frank ^a   De Leeuw, Peter W ^a   Jolles, Jelle ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EEMLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood pressure; Cognitive function; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COGNITION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030883360     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199715100-00004     Document Type: Article

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