Optimal blood pressure for cognitive function: Findings from an elderly African-American cohort study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 875-881

  Liu, Hai ^a   Gao, Sujuan ^a   Hall, Kathleen S ^a   Unverzagt, Frederick W ^a   Lane, Kathleen A ^a   Callahan, Christopher M ^a,b   Hendrie, Hugh C ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cognitive function; elderly

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COMMUNITY SCREENING INTERVIEW FOR DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIANA; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84879182377     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12259     Document Type: Article

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