The relationship between cholesterol and cognitive function is homocysteine-dependent

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 1823-1829

  Cheng, Yibin ^a   Jin, Yinlong ^a   Unverzagt, Frederick W ^b   Su, Liqin ^a   Yang, Lili ^b   Ma, Feng ^a   Hake, Ann M ^b,c   Kettler, Carla ^b   Chen, Chen ^a   Liu, Jingyi ^a   Bian, Jianchao ^d   Li, Ping ^e   Murrell, Jill R ^b   Hendrie, Hugh C ^b,f,g   Gao, Sujuan ^b  

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

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d Shandong Institute for Prevention and Treatment of Endemic Disease in China   (China)

^e Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China   (China)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^g REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cognitive function; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD; DEMENTIA; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84908244081     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S64766     Document Type: Article

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