Serum docosahexaenoic and eicosapentaenoic acid and risk of cognitive decline over 10 years among elderly Japanese

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 503-509

  Otsuka, R ^a   Tange, C ^a   Nishita, Y ^a   Kato, Y ^a   Imai, T ^a,b   Ando, F ^a,c   Shimokata, H ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA WOMEN'S COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS   (Japan)

^c AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognition; DHA; Elderly; EPA; Japanese; Serum

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX; SMOKING; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84897985136     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2013.264     Document Type: Article

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