Table 2.

Characteristics of Alzheimer’s patients and control subjects enrolled in the study.

	AD Patients	Control Subjects
No. of individuals (M/F)	7(3/4)	9 (3/6)
MMSE	22.7 ± 2.4	>26
Age, years	78 ± 9.3	76 ± 6.8
Height, cm	162.7 ± 9.44	165.9 ± 8.13
Weight, kg	66.2 ± 8.14	86.0 ± 32.7
BMI, kg/m2	25.0 ± 2.00	30.6 ± 9.34
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	222.6 ± 48.3	220.7 ± 42.3
HDL, mg/dL	61.9 ± 16.7	54.8 ± 15.1
LDL, md/dL	140.8 ± 27.8	127.0 ± 37.5

MMSE=Mini-Mental State Exam [27]; HDL = high density lipoprotein; LDL = low density lipoprotein. Clinical lipid measurements were obtained during fasting. Data are expressed as means ± SD. The differences between the two groups did not reach statistical significance (p<0.05)