Examining the influence of gender, education, social class and birth cohort on MMSE tracking over time: A population-based prospective cohort study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Matthews, Fiona ^a   Marioni, Riccardo ^b   Brayne, Carol ^b  

^a MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Cohort effects; Longitudinal; MMSE; MRC CFAS; Population norms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84864809782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-12-45     Document Type: Article

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