Chronic medical disease and cognitive aging : toward a healthy body and brain / edited by Kristine Yaffe, MD.

New York : Oxford University Press, [2013], ©2013.

xv, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Epidemiological insights into blood pressure and cognitive disorders / Lenore J. Launder -- Cholesterol, statins, and late-life cognitive disorders / Alina Solomon and Miia Kivipelto -- Cardiovascular disease and cognitive aging / Angela L. Jefferson and Melissa Thompson -- Obesity and cognitive health : implications of an altered adiposity milieu over the lifecourse / Rachel A. Whitmer and Deborah R. Gustafson -- Insulin resistance and pathological brain aging / Brenna Cholerton, Laura D. Baker, and Suzanne Craft -- Metabolic syndrome, other composite vascular risk scores, and cognitive impairment / José Alejandro Luchsinger -- Chronic kidney disease and cognitive aging / Manjula Kurella Tamura -- Sleep disorders and cognitive function in older adults / Adam P. Spira and Sonia Ancoli-Israel -- Physical activity and cognitive aging / Deborah E. Barnes and Nicola T. Lautenschlager -- Dietary patterns and dementia pascale / Barber-GaTeau, Catherine Féart, and Cécilia Samieri -- Inflammation and cognitive decline / Róisín Gallinagh Smith, Stephen Todd, and Peter A. Passmore -- HIV infection and aging : an emerging chronic medical illness / Lauren Wendelken and Victor Valcour -- Postoperative delirium and cognitive decline / Jacqueline M. Leung and Tiffany L. Tsai.

Includes bibliographical references and index.