Pulse pressure and risk of alzheimer disease in persons aged 75 years and older: A community-based, longitudinal study

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 594-599

  Qiu, Chengxuan ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Viitanen, Matti ^a   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Blood pressure; Dementia; Longitudinal studies; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMMUNITY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0037337343     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000060127.96986.F4     Document Type: Article

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