Cognitive function and cardiometabolic disease risk factors in rural South Africa: baseline evidence from the HAALSI study

Cognitive function and cardiometabolic disease risk factors in rural South Africa: baseline evidence from the HAALSI study

Abstract Background Evidence on cognitive function in older South Africans is limited, with few population-based studies. We aimed to estimate baseline associations between cognitive function and cardiometabolic disease risk factors in rural South Africa. Methods We use baseline data from “Health an...

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Main Authors: Brian Houle, Thomas Gaziano, Meagan Farrell, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Lindsay C. Kobayashi, Nigel J. Crowther, Alisha N. Wade, Livia Montana, Ryan G. Wagner, Lisa Berkman, Stephen M. Tollman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Africa
Cognitive function
Cross-sectional studies
Epidemiology
Noncommunicable disease
Cardiometabolic disease
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-7938-z

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