Serum cholesterol levels and the risk of Parkinson's disease
Several recent findings suggest a role of lipid and cholesterol metabolism in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Therefore, the authors examined the association between serum levels of cholesterol and the risk of Parkinson's disease in the prospective, population-based Rotterdam Study among 6,465 subjects aged 55 or more years with repeated in-person examination and on average 9.4 years of follow-up (1990-2004). Higher serum levels of total cholesterol were associated with a significantly decreased risk of Parkinson's disease (age- and sex-adjusted hazard ratio per mmol/liter increase in... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2006 |
Schlagwörter: | Aged / Cholesterol/*blood / Coenzymes / Female / Humans / Male / Middle Aged / Netherlands/epidemiology / Oxidative Stress / Parkinson Disease/*blood/enzymology/epidemiology / Parkinson disease / Prospective Studies / Ubiquinone/analogs & derivatives/blood / cholesterol / cohort studies / lipid metabolism / neurodegenerative diseases / risk factors / serum |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26832565 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/22467 |