Interaction between body mass index and central adiposity and risk of incident cognitive impairment and dementia: Results from the women's health initiative memory study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-112

  Kerwin, Diana R ^a   Gaussoin, Sarah A ^b   Chlebowski, Rowan T ^c   Kuller, Lewis H ^d   Vitolins, Mara ^b   Coker, Laura H ^b   Kotchen, Jane M ^e   Nicklas, Barbara J ^b   Wassertheil Smoller, Sylvia ^g   Hoffmann, Raymond G ^f   Espeland, Mark A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Departments of Population Health   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^g ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

central adiposity; cognitive impairment; dementia; obesity; women's health

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS; UNITED STATES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 78651403233     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03219.x     Document Type: Article

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