Glycosylated hemoglobin levels in healthy elderly nondiabetic men are negatively associated with verbal memory [4]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 848-849

  MacLullich, Alasdair M J ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a   Starr, John M ^a   Walker, Brian R ^a   Seckl, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AGED; AUDITORY MEMORY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COGNITION; FASTING; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 2342622749     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52230_7.x     Document Type: Letter

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