Effect of blood pressure and diabetes mellitus on cognitive and physical functions in older adults: A longitudinal analysis of the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly cohort

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1154-1161

  Kuo, Hsu Ko ^a,b,c   Jones, Richard N ^a,b   Milberg, William P ^a,d   Tennstedt, Sharon ^e   Talbot, Laura ^f   Morris, John N ^a,b   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^f UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cognitive function; Diabetes mellitus; Longitudinal study; Physical function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED STATES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 24344453421     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53368.x     Document Type: Article

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