Arterial pulse wave velocity as a marker of poor cognitive function in an elderly community-dwelling population

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 607-612

  Fujiwara, Yoshinori ^a   Chaves, Paulo H M ^b   Takahashi, Ryutaro ^a   Amano, Hidenori ^a   Yoshida, Hiroto ^a   Kumagai, Shu ^a   Fujita, Koji ^a   Wang, Dou Gui ^a   Shinkai, Shoji ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYZER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ANKLE PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; WAVEFORM;

EID: 20544445988     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.5.607     Document Type: Article

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