Ankleg-brachial index predicts level of, but not change in, cognitive function: The Edinburgh Artery Study at the 15-year follow-up

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-97

  Johnson, Wendy ^a,b   Price, Jacqueline F ^a   Rafnsson, Snorri B ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a   Fowkes, F Gerald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankleg brachial index; Change in cognitive function; Late life cognitive function

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND;

EID: 77949641364     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X09356321     Document Type: Article

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