Total plasma homocysteine, age, systolic blood pressure, and cognitive performance in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2014-2018

  Budge, Marc M ^a,b   De Jager, Celeste ^a   Hogervorst, Eva ^a   Smith, A David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cognition; Homocysteine; Older people

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036901255     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50614.x     Document Type: Article

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