High normal plasma triglycerides are associated with preserved cognitive function in chinese oldest-old

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 600-606

  Yin, Zhao Xue ^a   Shi, Xiao Ming ^a   Kraus, Virginia B ^b   Fitzgerald, Simon M ^c   Qian, Han Zhu ^c   Xu, Jian Wei ^a   Zhai, Yi ^a   Sereny, Melanie D ^d   Zeng, Yi ^b,e  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Elderly; Lipids; Oldest old; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOLESTEROL; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LINEAR MODELS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; LONGEVITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84865561683     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs033     Document Type: Article

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