Do dietary patterns influence cognitive function in old age?

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1393-1407

  Corley, Janie ^a   Starr, John M ^a   Mcneill, Geraldine ^b   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

childhood intelligence (IQ); cognitive aging; dietary patterns

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL HOSTILITY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD PREFERENCES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84881038623     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213000793     Document Type: Article

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