Shorter adult height is associated with poorer cognitive performance in elderly men with type II diabetes

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 927-935

  West, Rebecca K ^a   Ravona Springer, Ramit ^b   Heymann, Anthony ^d   Schmeidler, James ^a   Leroith, Derek ^a   Koifman, Keren ^b   Guerrero Berroa, Elizabeth ^a   Preiss, Rachel ^b   Hoffman, Hadas ^b   Silverman, Jeremy M ^a,c   Beeri, Michal Schnaider ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; height; risk factors; type 2 diabetes mellitus; vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY HEIGHT; COGNITION; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMANTICS; WORKING MEMORY; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; BODY HEIGHT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84922626152     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-142049     Document Type: Article

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