Updating the Evidence on the Association between Serum Cholesterol and Risk of Late-Life Dementia: Review and Meta-Analysis

J. Anstey, Kaarin; Ashby-Mitchell, Kimberly; Peters, Ruth

doi:10.3233/jad-160826

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Updating the Evidence on the Association between Serum Cholesterol and Risk of Late-Life Dementia: Review and Meta-Analysis

Published in Journal of Alzheimer s Disease • Nov 29, 2016

Authors:

Kaarin J. Anstey

Kimberly Ashby-Mitchell

Ruth Peters

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cohort studies have reported that midlife high total serum cholesterol (TC) is associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in late-life but findings have been based on few studies and previous reviews have been limited by a lack of compatible data. OBJECTIVE: We synthesize...

Subject

Dementia

Meta-analysis

Association (psychology)

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