Obesity, cognitive functioning and dementia: back to the futureMerrill F Elias
Department of Psychology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
J Alzheimers Dis 30:S113-25. 2012
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- Normative data for elderly adults: the Maine-Syracuse study
Merrill F Elias
Department of Psychology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
Exp Aging Res 37:142-78. 2011
..021-.084) of performance on some tests. Results are discussed in relation to this study's value with respect to determining cognitive impairment in individuals free from probable dementia or stroke...
- From blood pressure to physical disability: the role of cognition
Merrill F Elias
Department of Psychology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469 5742, USA
Hypertension 55:1360-5. 2010
..Cognitive performance mediates between blood pressure and PA. As compared with systolic blood pressure, more domains of cognitive functioning intervene between diastolic blood pressure and PA...
Cognitive performance and age: norms from the Maine-Syracuse StudyGregory A Dore
Department of Psychology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469 5742, USA
Exp Aging Res 33:205-71. 2007
..Results are discussed in relation to findings for previous studies presenting normative data on cognitive ability as a function of age, education, and gender...
Arterial pulse wave velocity and cognition with advancing ageMerrill F Elias
Department of Psychology and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 5472 Little Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Hypertension 53:668-73. 2009
..Early interventions to prevent an increase in arterial stiffness could possibly play an important role in the preservation of cognitive ability...
- Homocysteine and cognitive performance: modification by the ApoE genotype
Merrill F Elias
Department of Psychology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Neurosci Lett 430:64-9. 2008
..Presence of the ApoE-epsilon4 allele modifies the relation between plasma homocysteine and cognitive performance...
- Homocysteine, folate, and vitamins B6 and B12 blood levels in relation to cognitive performance: the Maine-Syracuse study
Merrill F Elias
Department of Psychology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
Psychosom Med 68:547-54. 2006
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- Blood pressure and cognitive function in an African-American and a Caucasian-American sample: the Maine-Syracuse Study
Michael A Robbins
Department of Psychology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469 5742, USA
Psychosom Med 67:707-14. 2005
..Corresponding data for the Caucasian-American MSLS participants were included to provide a basis for comparison. Interactions of age with BP indices were also assessed in relation to cognitive function...
- Relation between central adiposity and cognitive function in the Maine-Syracuse Study: attenuation by physical activity
Gregory A Dore
Department of Psychology, University of Maine, 5742 Little Hall, Orono, ME 04469 5742, USA
Ann Behav Med 35:341-50. 2008
..However, only some of these studies have adjusted for cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease, and none have also adjusted for physical activity level...
- Chronic kidney disease, creatinine and cognitive functioning
Merrill F Elias
Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
Nephrol Dial Transplant 24:2446-52. 2009
..We examined the range of specific cognitive abilities affected by CKD and whether the associations of CKD with cognition were eliminated by statistical control for cardiovascular disease correlates of CKD...
- Homocysteine, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cognitive performance: The Maine-Syracuse Study
Michael A Robbins
Department of Psychology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5742, USA
Clin Chem Lab Med 43:1101-6. 2005
..Interactions between homocysteine concentrations and type 2 diabetes mellitus are observed such that associations between homocysteine and cognitive performance are stronger in the presence of diabetes...
- Blood pressure-related cognitive decline: does age make a difference?
Penelope K Elias
Department of Psychology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Hypertension 44:631-6. 2004
..Young adults are as susceptible to blood pressure-related longitudinal decline in cognitive performance as are older adults...
- Left ventricular mass, blood pressure, and lowered cognitive performance in the Framingham offspring
Merrill F Elias
Statistics and Consulting Unit, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Mass, USA
Hypertension 49:439-45. 2007
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- Obesity, diabetes and cognitive deficit: The Framingham Heart Study
Merrill F Elias
Boston University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Statistics and Consulting Unit, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Neurobiol Aging 26:11-6. 2005
..To determine the independent effects of obesity on cognitive performance and to examine interactions between obesity and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM)...
- Homocysteine and cognitive performance in the Framingham offspring study: age is important
Merrill F Elias
The Statistics and Consulting Unit, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Epidemiol 162:644-53. 2005
..Early preventive interventions may be important, because the inverse association between tHcy and cognitive performance is observed beyond middle age...
- Serum cholesterol and cognitive performance in the Framingham Heart Study
Penelope K Elias
Statistics and Consulting Unit, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, 111 Cummington St, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Psychosom Med 67:24-30. 2005
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- Framingham stroke risk profile and lowered cognitive performance
Merrill F Elias
Statistics and Consulting Unit, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Stroke 35:404-9. 2004
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- Introduction to the special section on health and cognitive function
Shari R Waldstein
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Geriatric Research Educational and Clinical Center, Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
Health Psychol 22:555-8. 2003
..Included in this special section are 6 empirical articles that examine the relation of health or disease to cognitive function...
