n-3 Fatty acids, hypertension and risk of cognitive decline among older adults in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-29

  Beydoun, May A ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^b,c   Sloane, Philip D ^d   Heiss, Gerardo ^b   Ibrahim, Joseph ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Dietary assessment; Fatty acids; Hypertension; Regression calibration; Simulation extrapolation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SIMULATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MISSISSIPPI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849008179     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007000080     Document Type: Article

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