Plasma Carotenoids Are Inversely Associated With Dementia Risk in an Elderly French Cohort

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 683-688

  Feart, Catherine ^a,b   Letenneur, Luc ^a,b   Helmer, Catherine ^a,b,c   Samieri, Cécilia ^a,b   Schalch, Wolfgang ^d   Etheve, Stéphane ^d   Delcourt, Cécile ^a,b   Dartigues, Jean François ^a,b   Barberger Gateau, Pascale ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c Centre of Clinical Investigation Clinical Epidemiology   (France)

^d DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Carotenoids; Dementia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA-CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; LIPID; LYCOPENE; XANTHOPHYLL;

AGED; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84965128887     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv135     Document Type: Article

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