A comparison of parametric models for the investigation of the shape of the cognitive change in the older population

BMC Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Terrera, Graciela Muniz ^a   Matthews, Fiona ^a   Brayne, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PARAMETRIC TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; AGE; COGNITION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 44949169486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-16     Document Type: Article

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