High cholesterol in midlife raises risk of late-life dementia, Kaiser Permanente study finds
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 05:35
in Health & Medicine
Elevated cholesterol levels in midlife -- even levels considered only borderline elevated -- significantly increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia later in life, according to a new study by researchers at Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research and the University of Kuopio in Finland. The study appears in the journal Dementia & Geriatric Cognitive Disorders.