Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia and obesity: A systematic comparison of their impact on cognition

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1792, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 470-481

  van den Berg, Esther ^a   Kloppenborg, Raoul P ^b   Kessels, Roy P C ^c,d,e   Kappelle, L Jaap ^a   Biessels, Geert Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive functioning; Diabetes; Dyslipidemia; Epidemiology; Executive functioning; Hypertension; Learning; Memory; Obesity; Vascular risk factor

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFECT SIZE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64249141005     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2008.09.004     Document Type: Review

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