APOE-ε4, depressive symptoms, and cognitive decline in Chinese older adults: Singapore longitudinal aging studies

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 306-311

  Niti, Mathew ^a   Yap, Keng Bee ^a,b   Kua, Ee Heok ^a   Ng, Tze Pin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Cognition; Dementia; Depression

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CHINESE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLELE; ASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITALIZATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 64949101738     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gln013     Document Type: Article

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