Metabolic syndrome correlates poorly with cognitive performance in stroke-free community-dwelling older adults: a population-based, cross-sectional study in rural Ecuador

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 321-325

  Del Brutto, Oscar H ^a,d   Mera, Robertino M ^b   Zambrano, Mauricio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ESPÍRITU SANTO   (Ecuador)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Atahualpa Project ^*  (Ecuador)

^d Air Center 3542   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Ecuador; Metabolic syndrome; Montreal Cognitive Assessment; Population based studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; ECUADOR; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84961201643     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-015-0404-6     Document Type: Article

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