Is Body Mass Index in Old Age Related to Cognitive Abilities? The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 Study

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 867-875

  Corley, Janie ^a   Gow, Alan J ^a   Starr, John M ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Body mass index; Childhood IQ; Cognitive function; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEMORY; OBESITY; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 78650972383     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020301     Document Type: Article

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