Relationship between blood pressure and Alzheimer's disease in Linxian County, China

Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1125-1133

  Wu, Chuanshen ^a   Zhou, Dongfeng ^a   Wen, Chen ^b   Zhang, Lin ^c   Como, Peter ^c   Qiao, Youlin ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); Diastolic blood pressure (DBP); Hypertension prevalence; Systolic blood pressure (SBP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIST; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037462253     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(02)02367-6     Document Type: Article

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