Neuroprotective Diets Are Associated with Better Cognitive Function: The Health and Retirement Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1857-1862

  McEvoy, Claire T ^a,b   Guyer, Heidi ^c   Langa, Kenneth M ^c,d   Yaffe, Kristine ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive performance; dietary patterns

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE AGING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY LIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FISH MEAT; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MEDITERRANEAN DIET INTERVENTION FOR NEURODEGENERATION DELAY DIET; NEUROPROTECTION; NUT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE; RED MEAT; SEX; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; WHOLE GRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018268061     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14922     Document Type: Article

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