Una mayor variabilidad de colesterol de lipoproteína de baja densidad de visita a visita se asocia con un menor

Roelof A J Smit1, Stella Trompet1, Behnam Sabayan1

  • 1From Department of Cardiology (R.A.J.S., S.T., J.W.J.), Section of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine (R.A.J.S., S.T., B.S., A.J.M.d.C.), Department of Radiology (B.S., J.v.d.G., M.A.v.B.), Department of Clinical Epidemiology (S.l.C.), Department of Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics (S.l.C.), and Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine (J.W.J.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; and Interuniversity Cardiology Institute Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands (J.W.J.).

Circulation
|July 21, 2016
PubMed
Resumen

La alta variabilidad en el colesterol de lipoproteínas de baja densidad (LDL-C) está relacionada con una peor función cognitiva y salud cerebral. Esta asociación es válida independientemente de los niveles promedio de LDL-C o el uso de estatinas, que afectan la memoria, la velocidad de procesamiento y los marcadores de imágenes cerebrales.

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