Cognitive impairment and hypertension among Chinese nonagenarians and centenarians

Hypertension Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 554-558

  Huang, Chang Quan ^a,b   Dong, Bi Rong ^a   Zhang, Yan Ling ^a   Wu, Hong Mei ^a   Liu, Qing Xiu ^b   Flaherty, Joseph H ^c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Third Hospital of Mianyang   (China)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67650511702     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2009.72     Document Type: Article

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