Education and trajectories of cognitive decline over 9 years in very old people: Methods and risk analysis

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-282

  Muniz terrera, Graciela ^a   Matthews, Fiona ^a   Dening, Tom ^b   Huppert, Felicia A ^c   Brayne, Carol ^d,e  

^a MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Education; Longitudinal studies; MMSE; Old age

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65449122787     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp004     Document Type: Article

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