Serum folate, vitamin B-12 and cognitive function in middle and older age: The HAPIEE study

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 76, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-38

  Horvat, Pia ^a   Gardiner, Julian ^b   Kubinova, Ruzena ^c   Pajak, Andrzej ^d   Tamosiunas, Abdonas ^e   Schöttker, Ben ^f   Pikhart, Hynek ^a   Peasey, Anne ^a   Jansen, Eugene ^g   Bobak, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^e LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^f GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Biomarkers; Cognitive function; Eastern Europe; Folate; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER SEARCH; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; VERBAL FLUENCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGING; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BIOMARKERS; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84956677758     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2016.01.011     Document Type: Article

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