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

• Main Authors: Brian Houle (Author), Thomas Gaziano (Author), Meagan Farrell (Author), F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé (Author), Lindsay C. Kobayashi (Author), Nigel J. Crowther (Author), Alisha N. Wade (Author), Livia Montana (Author), Ryan G. Wagner (Author), Lisa Berkman (Author), Stephen M. Tollman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 "Heal...