Rapid buildup of brain white matter hyperintensities over 4 years linked to ambulatory blood pressure, mobility, cognition, and depression in old persons

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1387-1394

  Wolfson, Leslie ^a,b,e   Wakefield, Dorothy B ^a   Moscufo, Nicola ^c   Kaplan, Richard F ^a   Hall, Charles B ^d   Schmidt, Julia A ^a   Guttmann, Charles R G ^c   White, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84886018695     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt072     Document Type: Article

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