Body mass index, cognition, disability, APOE genotype, and mortality: The "treviso longeva" study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 594-602

  Gustafson, Deborah R ^d,e   Mazzuco, Stephano ^b   Ongaro, Fausta ^b   Antuono, Piero ^c   Forloni, Gianluigi ^f   Albani, Diego ^f   Gajo, Gian Battista ^a   Durante, Elisabetta ^a   Caberlotto, Livio ^a   Zanardo, Andrea ^a,g   Siculi, Marinella ^b   Gallucci, Maurizio ^a,g  

^a General Hospital of Treviso   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^g Interdisciplinary Geriatric Research Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADL; APOE; BMI; cognition; mortality

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E EPSILON 2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E EPSILON 3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E EPSILON 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; STROKE;

EID: 84863515925     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31823031a4     Document Type: Article

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