High blood pressure, physical and cognitive function, and risk of stroke in the oldest old: The Leiden 85-plus study

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-20

  Sabayan, Behnam ^a   Van Vliet, Peter ^a   De Ruijter, Wouter ^a   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^a   De Craen, Anton J M ^a,b   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cognitive function; oldest old; physical function; stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84872083948     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.663062     Document Type: Article

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