Is blood pressure at 68 an independent predictor of cognitive decline at 81? Results from follow-up study 'Men born in 1914', Malmö, Sweden

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-72

  André Petersson, Lena ^a   Elmstahl S ^a   Hagberg, B ^a   Janzon, L ^a   Reinprecht, F ^a   Steen, G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037275212     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360786021000007036     Document Type: Article

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