Level and change in cognitive test scores predict risk of first stroke

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 499-505

  Defries, Triveni ^a   Avendaño, Mauricio ^b,d   Glymour, M Maria ^a,c,e  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Society Human Development and Health ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive test scores; Stroke; United States; Vascular health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; RECALL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61449264794     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02132.x     Document Type: Article

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