An active lifestyle postpones dementia onset by more than one year in very old adults

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 835-842

  Paillard Borg, Stéphanie ^a,b   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a,b   Xu, Weili ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Wang, Hui Xin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age at dementia onset; dementia; leisure activities; lifestyle; old adults

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LIFESTYLE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DSM-III-R; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84866309312     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2012-120724     Document Type: Article

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