Fight Alzheimer's in your mid-30s by tracking these warning signs

Having high cholesterol and blood sugar in your 30s may raise your risk for Alzheimer's disease decades later in life, according to a new study.

三十来岁时就高血脂高血糖会增加老年时患阿尔海默氏症的风险

"We have shown for the first time that the associations between cholesterol and glucose levels and the future risk of Alzheimer's disease extend much earlier in life than previously thought," senior study author Lindsay Farrer, chief of biomedical genetics at Boston University Biomedical Genetics, told CNN.

我们首次发现，跟以前的观点相比血脂和血糖水平与将来患老年痴呆风险的相关性在人的生命中大大提前

This study gives us more fuel for the fire that we need to start as early as possible in the fight against Alzheimer's," said Dr. Richard Isaacson, director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic in the Center for Brain Health at Florida Atlantic University's Schmidt College of Medicine. Isaacson was not involved in the study.

这项研究给了我们更多的动力，我们需要尽可能早的同老年痴呆作斗争。

A type of cholesterol and blood sugar

People ages 35 to 50 who had high levels of triglyceride, a type of cholesterol found in blood, and lower levels of the "good cholesterol" called high-density lipoprotein were more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease later in life, the study found.

35至50岁血中甘油三酯高和一种叫做好血脂的高密度脂蛋白低的人群中，晚年更可能患老年痴呆。

For every 15 points that your blood sugar goes up, your risk of Alzheimer's goes up by 14.5% later in life," said Farrer, who is also a professor of medicine, neurology, ophthalmology, epidemiology and biostatistics at Boston University School of Medicine.

"Having high cholesterol may not cause Alzheimer's, but it presses the fast-forward button on the disease pathology and cognitive decline," Isaacson said. "There's also a relationship between diabetes and the development of amyloid pathology."

血脂高并不会直接引起老年痴呆，但它启动了病理进程和认知功能下降的快进键。和糖尿病与淀粉样蛋白的进展也有关。

详见：https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/23/health/high-cholesterol-blood-sugar-alzheimers-wellness/index.html