Diabetes and cognitive function in a population-based study of elderly women and men.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the association between diabetes and cognitive function in the elderly.

Research Design And Methods: From January to December 2003, all 740 participants, aged 70 years or more, of an ongoing population-based cohort study were eligible for a telephone interview on cognitive function. Cognitive function was assessed using validated instruments, including the Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status (TICS) and the East Boston Memory Test (EBMT).

Personality, lifestyle, and risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer: follow-up of population based cohort.

Objective: To study the relation between measures of personality and risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer in a large cohort.

Design: Follow-up of population based cohort.

Setting: Heidelberg, Germany.