The metabolic syndrome and Alzheimer disease
The metabolic syndrome and Alzheimer disease
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DOI:
10.1001/archneur.64.1.93
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
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通讯作者:
Wilcock, Gordon
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作者:
Razay, George;Vreugdenhil, Anthea;Wilcock, Gordon
Background: The metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, which have been linked to Alzheimer disease. However, a link between Alzheimer disease and the metabolic syndrome has not yet been established.Objective: To investigate the relationship between the metabolic syndrome and Alzheimer disease.Design, Setting, and Participants: Case-control study of 50 consecutive patients diagnosed with probable Alzheimer disease from the Memory Disorders Clinics, Launceston, Australia, and Bristol, England, and 75 cognitively normal controls.Main Outcome Measures: The odds ratio of the metabolic syndrome as defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III.Results: Compared with controls, patients with Alzheimer disease had a significantly larger mean waist circumference, higher mean plasma concentrations of triglycerides and glucose, and a lower mean plasma concentration of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, but they had lower mean systolic blood pressure. The metabolic syndrome was associated with Alzheimer disease (odds ratio, 3.2; 95% confidence interval, 1.2-8.4; P=.02), and this association was strengthened when the hypertension component was excluded (odds ratio, 7.0; 95% confidence interval, 2.7-18.3; P