Serum lipid levels and cognitive change in late life

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 501-509

  Reynolds, Chandra A ^a   Gatz, Margaret ^b,c   Prince, Jonathan A ^c   Berg, Stig ^d   Pedersen, Nancy L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive change; Gender differences; Lipids; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 77949419096     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02739.x     Document Type: Article

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