Blood pressure and brain injury in older adults: Findings from a community-based autopsy study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1975-1981

  Wang, Lucy Y ^a,b   Larson, Eric B ^b,c   Sonnen, Joshua A ^b   Shofer, Jane B ^b   McCormick, Wayne ^b   Bowen, James D ^b   Montine, Thomas J ^b   Li, Ge ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Blood pressure; Dementia; Hypertension; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LEWY BODY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIME OF DEATH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEWY BODIES; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SENILE PLAQUES; SYSTOLE;

EID: 70350439835     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02493.x     Document Type: Article

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