Cognitive impairment and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality over 20-year follow-up: Results from the BLSA

Authors

Ji An
Haibin Li
Zhe Tang
Deqiang Zheng
Jin Guo
Yue Liu
Wei Feng
Xia Li
Anxin Wang
Xiangtong Liu
Lixin Tao
Chengbei Hou
Feng Zhang
Xinghua Yang
Qi Gao
Wei Wang, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Xiuhua Guo
Yanxia Luo

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Journal of the American Heart Association

Publisher

American Heart Association Inc

Place of Publication

United States

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences

RAS ID

27368

Comments

An, J., Li, H., Tang, Z., Zheng, D., Guo, J., Liu, Y., ... & Tao, L. (2018). Cognitive Impairment and Risk of All‐Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Over 20‐Year Follow‐up: Results From the BLSA. Journal of the American Heart Association, 7(15), e008252. Available here.

Abstract

Background-Cognitive impairment may increase the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. This study examined the association between cognitive function and risk of all-cause and CVD mortality among the elderly in Beijing, China. Methods and Results-A total of 1996 participants aged ≥55 years at baseline were enrolled from the BLSA (Beijing Longitudinal Study of Aging). Cognitive function was assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and participants were categorized as:

DOI

10.1161/JAHA.117.008252

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