Dementia Risk Prediction: Are We There Yet?

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-123

  Kamat, Sanjeev M ^a,b,c,d   Kamat, Anjali S ^d   Grossberg, George T ^d  

^a St Alexius Hospital   (United States)

^b Forest Park Hospital   (United States)

^c Jefferson Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Geriatric; Prediction; Protective factors; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E EPSILON 4; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC RISK; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 76749103444     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2009.12.001     Document Type: Review

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