Arterial stiffness and cognitive decline in well-functioning older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1336-1342

  Watson, Nora L ^a   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^a   Rosano, Caterina ^a   Boudreau, Robert M ^a   Hardy, Susan E ^b   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^c   Najjar, Samer S ^c   Launer, Lenore J ^c   Yaffe, Kristine ^d,e   Atkinson, Hal H ^f   Satterfield, Suzanne ^g   Newman, Anne B ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d University of California ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Arterial stiffness; Cognitive decline

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PENNSYLVANIA; RISK FACTORS; TENNESSEE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 81055133505     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr119     Document Type: Article

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