Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
By Linda on Nov 7, 2009 in Genetics | comments(0)
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2009;28:275-280 (DOI: 10.1159/000242439)
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 10/01/2009
Vol. 28, No. 3, 2009
A Prospective Study on the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease with Regard to Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone and Homocysteine
Sylvia Annerboa, Miia Kivipeltoa, b, Johan Lökka
aDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, and
bAging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract
Background/Aim: The combination of elevated total homocysteine (tHcy) levels and low levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) are linked to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in some studies, although the evidence is mixed. Our objective was to prospectively investigate the association between tHcy and TSH and the subsequent development of AD. Continued
