Change in body mass index before and after Alzheimer's disease onset

Current Alzheimer Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 349-356

  Gu, Yian ^a   Scarmeas, Nikolaos ^a,b,c   Cosentino, Stephanie ^a,b   Brandt, Jason ^d   Albert, Marilyn ^d   Blacker, Deborah ^e   Dubois, Bruno ^f   Stern, Yaakov ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Body mass index; Prospective study; Weight

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; RACE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; TIME; UNDERWEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW UP; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVERWEIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PRODROMAL SYMPTOMS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84904511957     PISSN: 15672050     EISSN: 18755828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1567205010666131120110930     Document Type: Article

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