Tofu intake is associated with poor cognitive performance among community-dwelling elderly in China

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 669-675

  Xu, Xin ^a,d   Xiao, Shifu ^b   Rahardjo, Tri Budi ^c   Hogervorst, Eef ^a,b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; cognition; dementia; memory; tofu

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; HOPKINS VERBAL LEARNING TEST; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MEMORY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SOYBEAN; VEGETABLE; VEGETARIAN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SOY FOOD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; ROC CURVE; SOY FOODS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84911923594     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-141593     Document Type: Article

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