Relation of hemoglobin to level of cognitive function in older persons

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-46

  Shah, Raj C ^a,c   Wilson, Robert S ^a,c   Tang, Yuxiao ^b,c   Dong, Xinqi ^c   Murray, Anne ^d   Bennett, David A ^a,c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cognition; Cross sectional study; Elderly; Gender; Hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 55549099901     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000170905     Document Type: Article

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