Older adults with high levels or low levels of HDL had a small increased risk for dementia compared with those with average levels, researchers reported in Neurology.
There was no association between LDL level and dementia risk.
“Previous studies on this topic have been inconclusive and this study is especially informative because of the large number of participants and long follow-up,” Maria Glymour, ScD, chair of the department of epidemiology at Boston University, said in a press release. “This information allowed us to study the links with dementia across the range of