Plasma carotenoid levels and cognitive performance in an elderly population: Results of the EVA Study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 308-316

  Akbaraly, N Tasnime ^a,c   Faure, Henri ^b   Gourlet, Veronique ^a   Favier, Alain ^b   Berr, Claudine ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Montpellier 1 University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ALPHA-CAROTENE; ANTIOXIDANT; CRYPTOXANTHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGIT SYMBOL SUBSTITUTION TEST; FEMALE; FINGER TAPPING TEST; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD FLUENCY TEST; BLOOD; FOLLOW UP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOISOMERISM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUTEIN; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MOTOR SKILLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOISOMERISM; TRAIL MAKING TEST; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 34248527917     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.3.308     Document Type: Article

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