The effect of age on the association between blood pressure and cognitive function later in life: Brief reports

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1232-1237

  Euser, Sjoerd M ^a,b   Van Bemmel, Thomas ^a   Schram, Miranda T ^a,b   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^c   Hofman, Albert ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^b   Breteler, Monique M B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Departments of Gerontology and Geriatrics   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cognitive function; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649803272     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02264.x     Document Type: Article

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