Vascular risk factors and dementia in the general population aged >85 years. Prospective population-based study

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Rastas, Sari ^a   Pirttilä, Tuula ^a,b   Mattila, Kimmo ^c   Verkkoniemi, Auli ^c   Juva, Kati ^c   Niinistö, Leena ^d   Länsimies, Esko ^a   Sulkava, Raimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Katriina Geriatric Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Dementia; Diabetes mellitus; Elderly; Homocysteine; Hyperlipidemia

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 70449535895     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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