Cognitive ability in early adulthood is associated with systemic inflammation in middle age: The Vietnam experience study

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 298-301

  Phillips, Anna C ^a   Batty, G David ^b,c   van Zanten, Jet J C S Veldhuijzen ^a   Mortensen, Laust H ^d   Deary, Ian J ^c   Calvin, Catherine M ^c   Carroll, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Prospective study; Veterans

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; VETERAN; VIET NAM;

BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFLAMMATION; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 78651432829     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.09.022     Document Type: Article

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