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Relationships between cholesterol, apolipoprotein E polymorphism and dementia: a cross-sectional analysis from the PAQUID study.
Neuroepidemiology - 1 Jan 2000
Bonarek M, Barberger-Gateau P, Letenneur L, Deschamps V, Iron A, Dubroca B, Dartigues J F
Abstract excerpt
This study assesses the cross-sectional relationship between serum cholesterol level and dementia, controlling for apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotype, in a nested case-control study of 334 elderly French subjects aged 73 and over who participated in the PAQUID study (37 demented subjects and 297 nondemented controls). A diagnosis of dementia was established by two-step screening: (1) psychometric testing and...
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