Lifestyle behavior pattern is associated with different levels of risk for incident dementia and Alzheimer's disease: The Cache County study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-412

  Norton, Maria C ^a   Dew, Jeffrey ^a   Smith, Heeyoung ^a   Fauth, Elizabeth ^a   Piercy, Kathleen W ^a   Breitner, John C S ^b   Tschanz, Joann ^a   Wengreen, Heidi ^a   Welsh Bohmer, Kathleen ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; health related behaviors; lifestyle

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIEND; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIET; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTAH;

EID: 84858332475     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03860.x     Document Type: Article

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