Midlife overweight and obesity increase late-life dementia risk: A population-based twin study

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1568-1574

  Xu, W L ^a,b,e   Atti, A R ^a,c   Gatz, M ^d,e   Pedersen, N L ^d,e   Johansson, B ^f   Fratiglioni, L ^a,g  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDLIFE OVERWEIGHT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBESITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; REGISTRIES; RISK; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 79955600723     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182190d09     Document Type: Article

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