Association between a low ankle-brachial index and dementia in a general elderly population in Central Africa (epidemiology of dementia in Central Africa study)

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1135-1140

  Guerchet, Maëlenn ^a   Mbelesso, Pascal ^a,b   Mouanga, Alain M ^a,c   Tabo, André ^d   Bandzouzi, Bébène ^c   Clément, Jean Pierre ^a,e   Lacroix, Philippe ^a,f   Preux, Pierre Marie ^a,f   Aboyans, Victor ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^b Amitié Hospital   (Central African Republic)

^c Brazzaville University Hospital   (Congo)

^d Bangui National Hospital   (Central African Republic)

^e Hospital and Universitary Federation of Adult and Old Person Psychiatry   (France)

^f DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; ankle brachial index; atherosclerosis; dementia; peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY SCREENING INTERVIEW FOR DEMENTIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGO; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FIVE WORD TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX;

AFRICA; ANKLE-BRACHIAL INDEX; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEMENTIA; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84880308851     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12310     Document Type: Article

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