Older adults with limited literacy are at increased risk for likely dementia

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 900-906

  Kaup, Allison R ^a,b   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^c   Harris, Tamara B ^d   Satterfield, Suzanne ^e   Metti, Andrea L ^f   Ayonayon, Hilsa N ^g   Rubin, Susan M ^g   Yaffe, Kristine ^a,b,g,h  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Demography and Biometry   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY.; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

COGNITIVE AGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY.; RISK FACTORS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902246273     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt176     Document Type: Article

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