Body mass index, height and socioeconomic position in adolescence, their trajectories into adulthood, and cognitive function in midlife

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1207-1221

  Cohen Manheim, Irit ^a   Doniger, Glen M ^b,c   Sinnreich, Ronit ^a   Simon, Ely S ^b,d   Murad, Havi ^e   Pinchas Mizrachi, Ronit ^a   Kark, Jeremy D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NeuroTrax Corporation   (Israel)

^c ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescence; BMI change; body mass index; cognition; cognitive aging; height; height change; life course epidemiology; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85005959342     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-160843     Document Type: Article

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