Long-term Cognitive Trajectories and Mortality in Older Women

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1074-1080

  Yaffe, Kristine ^a,b   Peltz, Carrie B ^b,c   Ewing, Susan K ^a   McCulloch, Charles E ^a   Cummings, Steve R ^a   Cauley, Jane A ^d   Hillier, Teresa A ^e   Ensrud, Kristine E ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Veterans Health Research Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Cardiovascular mortality; Cognitive trajectories; Executive function; Global cognition; Oldest old

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETIC COMPLICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDEPENDENT LIVING; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDEPENDENT LIVING; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84981276055     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glw003     Document Type: Article

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