Cardiovascular risk factors and dementia mortality: 40 years of follow-up in the Seven Countries Study

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 79-83

  Alonso, Alvaro ^a,b   Jacobs Jr , David R ^a,c   Menotti, Alessandro ^d   Nissinen, Aulikki ^e   Dontas, Anastasios ^f   Kafatos, Anthony ^g   Kromhout, Daan ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Association for Cardiac Research   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f Center of Studies of Age Related Changes in Man   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cohort; Dementia; Epidemiology; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMENTIA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 63549125243     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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