Chronic Medical Disease and Cognitive Aging

Introduction Kristine Yaffe, MD Chapter 1 Epidemiological insights into blood pressure and cognitive disorders Lenore J. Launder, PhD Chapter 2 Cholesterol, Statins, and Late-life cognitive disorders Alina Solomon, MD, PhD and Miia Kivipelto, MD, PhD Chapter 3 Cardiovascular Disease and Cognitive Aging Angela L. Jefferson, PhD, and Melissa Thompson, DVM Chapter 4 Obesity and Cognitive Health: Implications of an Altered Adiposity Milieu over the Lifecourse Rachel A. Whitmer, PhD and Deborah R. Gustafson, MS, PhD Chapter 5 Insulin Resistance and Pathological Brain Aging Brenna Cholerton, PhD, Laura D. Baker, Ph.D., and Suzanne Craft, PhD Chapter 6 Metabolic Syndrome, other Composite Vascular Risk Scores, and Cognitive Impairment José Alejandro Luchsinger, MD, MPH Chapter 7 Chronic Kidney Disease and Cognitive Aging Manjula Kurella Tamura, MD, MPH Chapter 8 Sleep Disorders and Cognitive Function in Older Adults Adam P. Spira, PhD, and Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD Chapter 9 Physical Activity and Cognitive Aging Deborah E. Barnes, PhD, MPM, and Nicola T. Lautenschlager MD Chapter 10 Dietary Patterns and Dementia Pascale Barber-Gateau, MD, PhD, Catherine Féart PhD, and Cécilia Samieri PhD Chapter 11 Inflammation and Cognitive Decline Róisín Gallinagh Smith, Stephen Todd, MD and Peter A. Passmore, MD Chapter 12 HIV Infection and Aging: An Emerging Chronic Medical Illness Lauren Wendelken, MA and Victor Valcour, MD Chapter 13 Postoperative Delirium and Cognitive Decline Jacqueline M. Leung, MD, MPH and Tiffany L. Tsai