Body adiposity in later life and the incidence of dementia: The health in men study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Power, Brian D ^a,b,c   Alfonso, Helman ^b,c   Flicker, Leon ^a,b,d   Hankey, Graeme J ^a,d   Yeap, Bu B ^d,e   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEN'S HEALTH; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 79953038130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017902     Document Type: Article

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