Body mass index and white matter lesions in elderly women. An 18-year longitudinal study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-336

  Gustafson, D R ^a,b,c   Steen, B ^b   Skoog, I ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain; Epidemiology; Obesity; Overweight; Vascular risk factors; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 7444240744     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610204000353     Document Type: Article

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