Influence of population versus convenience sampling on sample characteristics in studies of cognitive aging

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-71

  Brodaty, Henry ^a   Mothakunnel, Annu ^a   de Vel Palumbo, Melissa ^a   Ames, David ^b,c   Ellis, Kathryn A ^b,c,d   Reppermund, Simone ^a   Kochan, Nicole A ^a,e   Savage, Greg ^f   Trollor, Julian N ^a,g   Crawford, John ^a   Sachdev, Perminder S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Apolipoprotein E4; Epidemiologic research design; Epidemiologic studies; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuropsychological tests; Patient selection; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E3;

AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGING; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SELECTION; SELECTION BIAS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84890122526     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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