Poor Balance as a Noncognitive Predictor of Incident Dementia

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Aug;63(8):1701-2. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13587.

Authors

Allen T C Lee¹, Marcus Richards², Wai C Chan³, Helen F K Chiu¹, Ruby S Y Lee⁴, Linda C W Lam¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
² MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁴ Elderly Health Service, Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

PMID: 26289693
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13587

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Cognition / physiology*
Dementia / epidemiology*
Dementia / physiopathology
Dementia / psychology
Disease Progression
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Frail Elderly*
Hong Kong / epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Male
Postural Balance / physiology*
Prognosis
Psychometrics / methods
Retrospective Studies

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