Relationship between changes in body weight and cognitive function in middle-aged and older women

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 863-872

  Lo, Ada H Y ^a   Pachana, Nancy A ^a   Byrne, Gerard J ^a   Sachdev, Perminder S ^b   Woodman, Richard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adiposity; aging; cognitive functioning

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84863722204     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2797     Document Type: Article

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