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Total Cholesterol and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease: The Impact of Total Cholesterol Level and Gender
Author(s) -
James Hall,
April Wiechmann,
Leigh Johnson,
Melissa Edwards,
Robert C. Barber,
Rebecca L. Cunningham,
Meharvan Singh,
Sid E. O’Bryant,
Rachelle S. Doody,
Susan Roundtree,
Valory Pavlik,
Wen Chan,
Paul J. Massman,
Eveleen Darby,
Tracey L. Evans,
Benjamin Williams,
Gregory W. Schrimsher,
Andrew Dentino,
Ronnie Orozco,
Thomas Fairchild,
Janice Knebl,
Douglas Mains,
Lisa Alvarez,
Perrie M. Adams,
Roger N. Rosenberg,
Myron Weiner,
Mary Quiceno,
Joan Reisch,
Ryan M. Huebinger,
Guanghua Xiao,
Doris Svetlik,
Amy Werry,
Janet Smith,
Donald R. Royall,
Raymond Palmer,
Marsha J. Polk
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.026
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1421-9824
pISSN - 1420-8008
DOI - 10.1159/000361043
Subject(s) - apathy , dementia , medicine , alzheimer's disease , psychosis , cholesterol , psychology , risk factor , disease , psychiatry , endocrinology
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) are a major factor in nursing home placement and a primary cause of stress for caregivers. Elevated cholesterol has been linked to psychiatric disorders and has been shown to be a risk factor for AD and to impact disease progression. The present study investigated the relationship between cholesterol and NPS in AD.

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