No association between gain in body mass index across the life course and midlife cognitive function and cognitive reserve - The 1946 British birth cohort study

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 470-482

  Albanese, Emiliano ^a,b   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Wills, Andrew ^a   Kuh, Diana ^a   Guralnik, Jack ^b   Richards, Marcus ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Body size; Cognitive function; Epidemiology; Vascular risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATIONAL ADULT READING TEST SCORE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; VERBAL MEMORY; WEIGHT GAIN; WORD LIST RECALL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84867900581     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.09.228     Document Type: Article

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