Tea consumption reduces the incidence of neurocognitive disorders: Findings from the Singapore longitudinal aging study

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1002-1009

  Feng, L ^a,b,c,d   Chong, M S ^a,b,c,d   Lim, W S ^a,b,c,d   Gao, Q ^a,b,c,d   Nyunt, M S Z ^a,b,c,d   Lee, T S ^a,b,c,d   Collinson, S L ^a,b,c,d   Tsoi, T ^a,b,c,d   Kua, E H ^a,b,c,d   Ng, T P ^a,b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

aging; Chinese; cohort study; neurocognitive disorders; Tea

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TEA;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONSUMER; DISORDERS OF HIGHER CEREBRAL FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; TEA; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TEA;

EID: 84954543135     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-016-0687-0     Document Type: Article

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