High blood pressure accelerates gait slowing inwell-functioning older adults over 18-years of follow-up

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 390-397

  Rosano, Caterina ^a   Longstreth Jr , William T ^b   Boudreau, Robert ^a   Taylor, Christopher A ^a   Du, Yan ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Newman, Anne B ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Hypertension; MRI; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CYSTATIN C;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VISION; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79952569855     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03282.x     Document Type: Article

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