Homocysteine levels and cognitive function scores measured with MMSE and BCAT of middle-aged and elderly subjects in Tianjin City

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 527-532

  Kong, H Y ^a,b   Cheng, D M ^a,b,c   Pang, W ^a   Sun, S D ^a   Liu, J ^a,b   Huang, Chengyu Y ^b   Jiang, Yugang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHENGDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

BCAT; cognitive impairment; Hyperhomocysteinemia; MMSE; the middle aged and the elderly persons

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BASIC COGNITIVE APTITUDE TEST; CHINA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TEST; MIDDLE AGED; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEA; WORD RECOGNITION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTELLIGENCE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHINA; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84890440574     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-013-0026-7     Document Type: Article

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