Higher cardiovascular risk in midlife is associated with worse cognitive function 29 years later, in old age

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2152-2153

  Rantanen, Kirsi ^a   Ylikoski, Raija ^a   Häppölä, Olli ^a   Strandberg, Timo E ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SENESCENCE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 55349095795     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01970.x     Document Type: Letter

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