Midlife vascular risk factors and their association with dementia deaths: Results from a Norwegian prospective study followed up for 35 years

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 324, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 124-130

  Strand, Bjørn Heine ^a   Langballe, Ellen Melbye ^a   Hjellvik, Vidar ^a   Handal, Marte ^a   Næss, Øyvind ^a,b   Knudsen, Gunn Peggy ^a   Refsum, Helga ^b   Tambs, Kristian ^a   Nafstad, Per ^a,b   Schirmer, Henrik ^c   Bergem, Astrid Liv Mina ^d   Selmer, Randi ^a   Engedal, Knut ^e   Magnus, Per ^a,b   Bjertness, Espen ^b,f  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Blood pressure; Body mass index (BMI); Cardiovascular risk factors; Dementia; Prospective study; Smoking; Total cholesterol

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84870942045     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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