Nonlinear blood pressure effects on cognition in old age: Separating between-person and within-person associations

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 375-383

  Thorvaldsson, Valgeir ^a,b   Skoog, Ingmar ^c   Hofer, Scott M ^b   Börjesson Hanson, Anne ^c   Östling, Svante ^c   Sacuiu, Simona ^c   Johansson, Boo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Between person and within person associations; Blood pressure; Cognitive function; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMENTIA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; SENESCENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VELOCITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84867407478     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025631     Document Type: Article

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