Pascoe MC, et al. - In this cross-sectional study from a metropolitan University Hospital in Sweden, researchers examined 149 older stroke survivors in order to evaluate the link between the modifiable risk factors—serum cholesterol, low density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein, serum triglycerides, body mass index (BMI) and smoking status—on cognitive function, while controlling for the non-modifiable factors (acute functional impairment, diabetes status and age). Findings revealed that cognitive outcomes in older stroke surviving people were not influenced by serum cholesterol, low density lipoprotein, high density lipoprotein, serum triglycerides, BMI or smoking status. This implies that cognitive outcomes in these people may not be influenced by the modification of these factors.