Body Adiposity in Later Life and the Incidence of Dementia: The Health in Men Study

OBJECTIVE: To determine if adiposity in later life increases dementia hazard. METHODS: Cohort study of 12,047 men aged 65–84 years living in Perth, Australia. Adiposity exposures were baseline body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). We used the Western Australia...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Power, Brian D., Alfonso, Helman, Flicker, Leon, Hankey, Graeme J., Yeap, Bu B., Almeida, Osvaldo P.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3064574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21464984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017902

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3064574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21464984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017902

Ejemplares similares