Clinical, physical and lifestyle variables and relationship with cognition and mood in aging: A cross-sectional analysis of distinct educational groups

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Santos, Nadine C ^a,b,c   Costa, Patrício S ^a,b,c   Cunha, Pedro ^a,b,d   Portugal Nunes, Carlos ^a,b,c   Amorim, Liliana ^a,b,c   Cotter, Jorge ^a,b,d   Cerqueira, João J ^a,b,c   Palha, Joana A ^a,b,c   Sousa, Nuno ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c Clinical Academic Center Braga   (Portugal)

^d Centro Hospitalar do Alto Ave EPE ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cognition; Hierarchical regression; Neurocognitive neuropsychological assessment; Stepwise regression; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895798109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00021     Document Type: Article

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