Lower hemoglobin is associated with poorer cognitive performance and smaller brain volume in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 972-973

  Jonassaint, Charles R ^a   Varma, Vijay R ^b   Chuang, Yi Fang ^b   Harris, Gregory C ^b   Yasar, Sevil ^c   Polinder Bos, Harmke ^d   Carlson, Michelle C ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

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

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRAY MATTER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; LETTER; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; BRAIN; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84900542228     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12810     Document Type: Letter

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