Relationship of Demographic and Health Factors to Cognition in Older Adults in the ACTIVE Study

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 128S-146S

  Rexroth, Daniel F ^a   Unverzagt, Frederick W ^a   Tennstedt, Sharon L ^b   Guey, Lin T ^b   xu, Yan ^b   Jones, Richard N ^c,d   Rebok, George W ^e,f   Marsiske, Michael M ^g  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive aging; cognitive functioning; memory; older adults; reasoning; speed

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE AGING; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; OLDER ADULTS; PHYSIOLOGY; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REASONING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; VELOCITY; VERY ELDERLY;

COGNITIVE AGING; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING; MEMORY; OLDER ADULTS; REASONING; SPEED;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84897573231     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264313498415     Document Type: Article

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