Carotid stiffness is associated with impairment of cognitive performance in individuals with and without type 2 diabetes. The Maastricht Study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 253, Issue , 2016, Pages 186-193

  Geijselaers, Stefan L C ^a,b,c   Sep, Simone J S ^a,b   Schram, Miranda T ^a,b   van Boxtel, Martin P J ^d   van Sloten, Thomas T ^a,b,e   Henry, Ronald M A ^a,b   Reesink, Koen D ^a   Kroon, Abraham A ^a,b   Koster, Annemarie ^f   Schaper, Nicolaas C ^a,b,f   Dagnelie, Pieter C ^b,f   van der Kallen, Carla J H ^a,b   Biessels, Geert Jan ^c   Stehouwer, Coen D A ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Carotid artery; Cognitive performance; Epidemiology; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID STIFFNESS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; RECALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TONOMETRY; YOUNG MODULUS; AGED; AORTA; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; ECHOGRAPHY; MANOMETRY; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; CAROTID ARTERIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84992135519     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.07.912     Document Type: Article

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