Longitudinal associations between blood pressure and dementia in the very old

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-276

  Molander, Lena ^a   Gustafson, Yngve ^a   Lövheim, Hugo ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Dementia; Very old

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77956601733     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320252     Document Type: Article

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