Progression of white matter hyperintensities of presumed vascular origin increases the risk of falls in older people

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 360-366

  Callisaya, Michele L ^a,b   Beare, Richard ^a   Phan, Thanh ^a   Blizzard, Leigh ^b   Thrift, Amanda G ^a,c   Chen, Jian ^a   Srikanth, Velandai K ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain aging; Epidemiology; Falls; Imaging; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; WHITE MATTER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASMANIA; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84927783596     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu148     Document Type: Article

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