Pulmonary function impairment may be an early risk factor for late-life cognitive impairment

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-83

  Vidal, Jean Sébastien ^a,b   Aspelund, Thor ^c   Jonsdottir, Maria K ^c,d   Jonsson, Palmi V ^d,e   Harris, Tamara B ^a   Lopez, Oscar L ^f   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^c,d   Launer, Lenore J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b Paris Descartes University   (France)

^c ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; dementia; forced expiratory volume; longitudinal cohort studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84872242080     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12069     Document Type: Article

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