Pulse pressure is associated with Alzheimer biomarkers in cognitively normal older adults

Neurology

Volumn 81, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2024-2027

  Nation, Daniel A ^a   Edland, Steven D ^b   Bondi, Mark W ^a,c   Salmon, David P ^b   Delano Wood, Lisa ^a,c   Peskind, Elaine R ^d,e   Quinn, Joseph F ^f,g   Galasko, Douglas R ^b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84892377153     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000436935.47657.78     Document Type: Article

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