Anemia and risk of dementia in older adults: Findings from the Health ABC study

Neurology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 528-533

  Hong, Chang Hyung ^a   Falvey, Cherie ^b,c   Harris, Tamara B ^d   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^e   Satterfield, Suzanne ^f   Ferrucci, Luigi ^e   Metti, Andrea L ^g   Patel, Kushang V ^h   Yaffe, Kristine ^b,c  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Intramural Research Program   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; BODY COMPOSITION; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84884577968     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31829e701d     Document Type: Article

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