Nutritional status determinants and cognition in the elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 143-153

  Donini, L M ^a   De Felice, M R ^b   Cannella, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Istituto Clinico Riabilitativo Villa delle Querce   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; Antioxidants; Cognitive function; Homocysteine; Nutritional status of elderly; Obesity in elderly; Risk factors for dementia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PYRIDOXINE;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ATROPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIOXIDANTS; AVITAMINOSIS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33847016473     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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