Relationship between physical and cognitive function, blood pressure and serum lipid concentration in centenarians

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 300-302

  Shimizu, Kenichiro ^a   Hirose, Nobuyoshi ^b   Takayama, Michiyo ^b   Arai, Yasumichi ^b   Gondo, Yasuyuki ^c   Ebihara, Yoshinori ^b   Yamamura, Ken ^b   Nakazawa, Susumu ^b   Inagaki, Hiroki ^d   Masui, Yukie ^d   Kitagawa, Koji ^e  

^a Health Care Center   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU BUNKA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

AGED; AGING; BLOOD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE;

EID: 56649101944     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2008.00479.x     Document Type: Letter

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