Hypercholesterolemia is associated with a lower risk of cerebral ischemic small vessel disease detected on brain checkups

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 669-672

  Ohwaki, Kazuhiro ^a   Yano, Eiji ^a   Tamura, Akira ^b   Inoue, Tomohiro ^b   Saito, Isamu ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Fuji Brain Institute and Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral small vessel disease; Hypercholesterolemia; Leukoaraiosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84877650848     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.07.025     Document Type: Article

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