Open AccessPhysical Activity and Incident Cognitive Impairment in Elderly Persons
Author(s) -
Thorleif Etgen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.498
Subject(s) - dementia , confidence interval , medicine , odds ratio , confounding , cognition , cognitive impairment , logistic regression , prospective cohort study , cohort study , cohort , physical therapy , gerontology , psychiatry , disease
Data regarding the relationship between physical activity and cognitive impairment are limited and controversial. We examined whether physical activity is associated with incident cognitive impairment during follow-up.
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