title: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERUM CHOLESTEROL AND VERBAL MEMORY MAY BE INFLUENCED BY BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) IN YOUNG HEALTHY WOMEN.
abstract: The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between verbal memory and total cholesterol (TC) levels related to body mass index (BMI) in healthy young women. Verbal memory was assessed using the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) while total serum cholesterol was measured by enzymatic colorimetric test. In order to analyze the potential significance of BMI subjects were divided into three groups according to their calculated BMI percentile values. No significant correlation was found when assessing the group as a whole. However a remarkable pattern of correlation emerged when assessing the BMI groups separately: a close-to-significant positive correlation was found for total learning score and TC in the low BMI group, no correlation emerged in the medium BMI group while a strong inverse correlation was found in the high BMI group. These findings indicate that the relationship between verbal memory and serum TC level is also influenced by BMI.
authors.forename: Gergely
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Darnai
authors.forename: Enikő
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Plózer
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Altbácker
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perlaki
authors.forename: Gergely
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Orsi
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kőszegi
authors.forename: Szilvia Anett
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Tivadar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lucza
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: József
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janszky
authors.forename: Clemens
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zsófia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D014706:Verbal Learning
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol