VEGFA and dementia: Under conditions of high levels of TC (>220 mg/dl), VEGF, VEGF/sVEGFR2, and VEGF/sVEGFR1 levels were 71%, 90% and 84% higher in the plasma of dementia patients compared to normal controls (p = 0.002, p = 0.0001 and p = 0.0001, respectively) (Supplementary Table 4).