date:Jan 02, 2014
s 70 years and older who were recruited from California stroke clinics, support groups, senior facilities and the Alzheimers Disease Center. They included three individuals with mild dementia, 33 who were cognitively normal and 38 who had mild cognitive impairment.
The participants amyloid levels were obtained using a tracer that binds with amyloid plaques and imaging their brains using PET scans. Higher fasting levels of LDL and lower levels of HDL both were associated with greater brain amylo