Pulse wave velocity and cognitive function in older adults

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-49

  Zhong, Wenjun ^a   Cruickshanks, Karen J ^a   Schubert, Carla R ^a   Carlsson, Cynthia M ^a   Chappell, Richard J ^a   Klein, Barbara E K ^a   Klein, Ronald ^a   Acher, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; cognitive function; epidemiology; pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84894475501     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3182949f06     Document Type: Article

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