The relationship between visceral adiposity and cognitive performance in older adults

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 456-461

  Yoon, Dae Hyun ^a   Choi, Seong Hye ^b   Yu, Jae Hak ^c   Ha, Ji Hyun ^c   Ryu, Seung Ho ^c   Park, Doo Heum ^c  

^a Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center   (South Korea)

^b Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cognition; Elderly; Intra abdominal fat; Obesity; Visceral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84863998113     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs018     Document Type: Article

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